Research
Book
Scott Desposato (editor). 2016. Ethics and Experiments: Problems and Solutions for Social Scientists and Policy Professionals. Routledge Series in Experimental Political Science.
Articles
Desposato, Scott and Cal Zurich and Jason Wu. Forthcoming. "The Participatory Legacy of Mobilization and Repression: Evidence from a Student Movement". Social Movement Studies.
Desposato, Scott and Cal Zurich and Jason Wu. Forthcoming. "Nationalist Erosion after Protest and Repression". Public Opinion Quarterly.
Brodeur, Abel; Esterling, Kevin; Ankel-Peters , Jörg; Bueno, Natália; Desposato, Scott; Dreber, Anna; Genovese, Federica; Green, Donald; Hepplewhite, Matthew; Hoces de la Guardia , Fernando; Johannesson, Magnus; Kotsadam, Andreas; Miguel, Edward; Velez, Yamil; Young, Laure. Forthcoming. "Promoting Reproducibility and Replicability in Political Science". Research and Politics. 2024.
Cunow, Saul and Scott Desposato, Andrew Janusz, and Cameron Sells. Too Much Of A Good Thing? Longer Ballots Reduce Voter Participation. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 1-18. 2023
Suong, Clara and Scott Desposato and Erik Gartzke. 2023. "Thinking Generically and Specifically in IR Survey Experiments". Research & Politics.
Lucas de Abreu Maia, Albert Chiu, and Scot Desposato. LGBT Civil Rights Do Not Provoke Backlash: Evidence from Latin America. Journal of Politics, 85(1):49-63, 2022.
Scott Desposato. Public Impacts from Elite Audit Experiments: Aggregate and Response Delay Harms. Political Studies Review, 20(2):217-227, 2022.
Daniel Butler and Scott Desposato. Proposing a Compensation Requirement for Audit Studies. Political Studies Review, 20(2):201-208, 2022.
George Avelino, Ciro Biderman, and Scott Desposato. Sources of the Incumbency (Dis)Advantage. Brazilian Political Science Review, 16(1):1-39, 2021.
Scott Desposato, Anonymous, and Jason Wu. The Long-Term Impact of Mobilization and Repression on Political Trust. Comparative Political Studies, 54(14):2447-2474, December, 2021.
George Avelino, Scott Desposato, and Ivan Mardegan. Transparency and Replicability in Brazilian Political and Social Science: A First Look. Dados: Revisa de Ciências Sociais, 64(3), 2021.
Scott Desposato, Todd Levinson, and Nicholas Weller. "The Impact of Group Collaboration and Success on Interpersonal Trust and Cooperation" Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 18(1), July 2021. [A laboratory investigation of the impact of community directed development (CDD) on social capital and participation].
Saul Cunow, Scott Desposato, Andrew Janusz, and Cameron Sells. Less is More: The Paradox of Choice in Voting Behavior. Electoral Studies, 69. February, 2021.
Scott Desposato and Anonymous. The Long-Term Impact of Social Movements and Repression on Democratic Attitudes. The Journal of East Asian Studies, 20(3). 317-351, 2020.
Scott Desposato, Erik Gartzke, and Clara Suong. How ‘Democratic’ is the Democratic Peace? A Survey Experiment of Foreign Policy Preferences in Brazil and China. Brazilian Political Science Review, 14(1):1–38, 2020.
Scott Desposato. Subjects’ and Scholars’ Views on the Ethics of Political Science Field Experiments. Perspectives on Politics, 2018
Rosario Aguilar, Saul Cunow, and Scott Desposato. Choice Set, Gender, and Candidate Choice in Brazil. Electoral Studies, 50(3):175–202, 2015
Scott Desposato, Matt Ingram, and Osmar Lannes. Power, Composition, and Decision Making: The Behavioral Consequences of Institutional Reform on Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 31(3), 2015
Rosario Aguilar, Saul Cunow, Scott Desposato, and Leonardo Barone. Ballot Structure, Candidate Race, and Vote Choice in Brazil. Latin American Research Review, 50(3):175-202, Fall 2015
David Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. NGO's, Turnout, and the Left in Brazil: A Subnational Analysis of Brazil. Journal of Developing Societies, 30(4):365{387,2014
Francisco Cantu, Scott Desposato, and Eric Magar. Methodological Considerations for Students of Mexican Legislative Politics: Selection Bias in Roll-Call Publications (Consideraciones metodológicas para estudiantes de política legislativa mexicana: Sesgo por selección en votaciones nominales). Poltica y Gobierno, XXI(1):25{53, primer semestre 2014
Francisco Cantu and Scott Desposato. The New Federalism of Mexico's Party System. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 4(2):3{38, 2012
Saul Cunow, Barry Ames, Scott Desposato, and Lucio Renno. Reelection and Legislative Power: Surprising Results from Brazil. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 37(4):533{558, November 2012
Scott Desposato, Matt Kearney, and Brian Crisp. Using Cosponsorship Data to Estimate Ideal Points. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 34(6):531{565, November 2011
Brian Crisp, Scott Desposato, and Kris Kanthak. Legislative Pivots, Presidential Powers, and Policy Stability. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 27:426{452, 2011
Scott Desposato and Ethan Scheiner. Governmental Centralization and Party Affiliation: Legislator Strategies in Brazil and Japan. American Political Science Review, 102(4):509{ 524, 2009
David Brown, J Christopher Brown, , and Scott Desposato. Who Gives, Who Receives, and Who Wins? Transforming Capital into Political Change through NonGovernmental Organizations. Comparative Political Studies, 41(1):24{47, 2008
Scott Desposato and Barbara Norrander. The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation. British Journal of Political Science, 39:141{162, 2009
J Christopher Brown, David Brown, , and Scott Desposato. Promoting and Preventing Political Change through Internationally-Funded NGO Activity. Comparative Political Studies, 42(1):126{138, 2008
Scott W. Desposato. The Impact of Electoral Rules on Legislative Parties: Lessons from the Brazilian Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Journal of Politics, 68(4):1018{1030, November 2006
Scott W. Desposato. Parties for Rent? Careerism, Ideology, and Party Switching in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies. American Journal of Political Science, 50(1):62{80, January 2006
Scott W. Desposato. Correcting for Small Group Inflation of Roll-Call Cohesion Scores. British Journal of Political Science, 35(4):731{744, 2005
J Christopher Brown, David Brown, and Scott Desposato. Paving the Way to Political Change: Decentralization of Development in the Brazilian Amazon. Political Geography, 24(1):39{52, 2005
Scott W. Desposato. The Impact of Federalism on National Parties in Brazil. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 29:259{285., 2004
John Petrocik and Scott Desposato. Incumbency and Short Term Influences on Voters. Political Research Quarterly, 57(3):363{373, 2004
Brian Crisp and Scott Desposato. Constituency Building in Multimember Districts: Collusion or Conflict? Journal of Politics, 66(1):136{156, 2004
Scott W Desposato and John R. Petrocik. The Variable Incumbency Advantage: New Voters, Redistricting, and the Personal Vote. American Journal of Political Science, 47(1):18{32, 2003
Scott W. Desposato. Comparing Group and Subgroup Cohesion Scores: A Nonparametric Method with an Application to Brazil. Political Analysis, 11(3):275{288, Summer 2003
David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato. Left Turn on Green? The Unintended Consequences of International Funding for Sustainable Development in Brazil . Comparative Political Studies, 7:814{838, September 2002
Scott W. Desposato. Legislative Politics in Authoritarian Brazil. Legislative Studies Quar- terly, XXVI(2):287{317, May 2001
John R. Petrocik and Scott W. Desposato. The Partisan Effects of Majority Minority Districting, 1992-1994. The Journal of Politics, 60(3):613{633, August 1998.
Other
Scott Desposato. The Ethical Challenges of Political Science Field Experiments. In Anna S. Iltis and Douglas P. MacKay, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics, Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Scott Desposato. Research Ethics and Public Opinion. Political Violence at a Glance, 2018
Francisco Cantu ́, Scott Desposato, and Eric Magar. Considerations for Mexican Legislative Politics: Selection Bias in Roll-Call Votes. Panoramas, 2016
Scott Desposato. Ethics and Experiments in Comparative Politics. Comparative Politics Newsletter, 2015
Scott Desposato. Ethics and research in comparative politics. The Monkey Cage: A Washington Post Blog, 2014
Scott Desposato. Book Review: The Handbook of National Legislatures, by M. Steven Fish and Matthew Kroenig. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 37(3):389–396, August 2012
Scott Desposato. Estratégia Eleitoral com Representação Proporcional de Lista Aberta e Distritos de Um Membro: Subeleitorados e Comunicação Política. In Magna Iná́cio and Lucio Rennó́, editors, Legislativo Brasileiro em Perspectiva Comparada, pages 269–292. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 2010
Scott Desposato. Party-Switching in Brazil: Causes, Effects, and Representation. In William B. Heller and Carol Mershon, editors, Political Parties and Legislative Party Switching. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2010
Scott W. Desposato. Brazilian Political Reform: What Needs Fixing, What Doesn’t, and What to Do. In Instituições Representativas no Brasil: Balanço e Reforma. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 2007
Scott Desposato. Preferências dos eleitores e incentivos dos legisladores em ambientes eleitorais diversos: o caso dos estados brasileiros. In Celina Souza and Paulo Fábio Dantas Neto, editors, Governo, políticas pú́blicas e elites políticas nos estados brasileiros, pages 229–245. Revan, Rio de Janeiro, 2006
Scott Desposato. From Revolution to Rouba Mas Faz? Lula’s Reelection Campaign in Brazil. ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, V(I):29–32, spring/summer 2006
Scott Desposato. Latin American Legislative Politics. Latin American Politics and Society, 48(4):163–178, 2006
Scott Desposato. How Informal Electoral Institutions Determine Brazilian Legislative Politics. In Steven Levitsky and Gretchen Helmke, editors, Informal Institutions and Democratic Politics. John Hopkins University Press, 2006
Scott Desposato and John Petrocik. The Variable Incumbency Advantage: New Voters, Redistricting, and the Personal Vote. In Peter Galderisi, editor, Redistricting in the New Millenium. Lexington Books, Lanham, 2005
Scott Desposato. Explaining Patterns of Oversight in Brazilian Subnational Governments, Legislative Oversight and Budgeting: A World Perspective. The World Bank Institute Development Studies. 2005
Scott Desposato. How Vote Buying Shapes the Legislative Arena. In Frederic Schaeffer and Andreas Schedler, editors, Elections for Sale: The Causes And Consequences of Vote Buying. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, 2004
Ancient History Dissertation
Scott Desposato. 2001. Institutional Theories, Societal Realities, and Party Politics in Brazil. PhD Thesis. University of California, Los Angeles.
Working Papers on Campaigns