Research

• Comparative Politics (Political Institutions, Party Competition and Party Systems, Elections, Political Economy, Asian Politics, Japanese Politics)
• Quantitative Methodology

Publications

• 2012. "An Irrational Party of Rational Members: The Collision of Legislators' Re-election Quest with Party Success in the Japan Socialist Party." Comparative Political Studies 45(3): 341-65. [Link to the article]

• 2010. "Two Modes of Democratic Breakdown: A Competing Risks Analysis of Democratic Durability." Journal of Politics. 72(4): 1129-43. [Link to the article] / [Replication materials]

• 2010. "Factors Behind the Historic Defeat of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party in 2009." Asian Survey 50(5): 888-907. [Link to the article]

• 2010. "Divided We Fall: Opposition Fragmentation and the Electoral Fortunes of Governing Parties." British Journal of Political Science. 40(2):419-34. [Link to the article] / [Replication materials]

• 2009. "Has the Electoral System Reform Made Japanese Elections Party-Centered?" in Steven R. Reed, Kay Shimizu, and Kenneth Mori McElwain (eds.) Political Change in Japan: Electoral Behavior, Party Realignment, and the Koizumi Reforms. The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.

• 2008. "Re-Examining the Contamination Effect of Japan's Mixed Electoral System Using the Treatment-Effects Model." Electoral Studies 27(4):723-31.

• 2007. "Learning in Hierarchies: An Empirical Test Using Library Catalogues." Journal of Theoretical Politics 19(4): 425-63. With Thomas H. Hammond and Kyle I. Jen.

• 2007. "Prime Ministerial Popularity and the Changing Electoral Fortunes of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party." Asian Survey 47(3): 415-33. With Dennis Patterson.

• 2006. "The general election in Japan, September 2005." Electoral Studies 25(3): 621-27.

• 2006. "Duration of Party Control in Parliamentary and Presidential Governments: A Study of 65 Democracies, 1950-1998." Comparative Political Studies 39(3): 352-74. With Misa Nishikawa.

• 2004. "Amerika: 'butaniku kubari' to giin no saisen tsuikyu." In Takeshi Kohno and Masahiro Iwasaki, eds., Rieki yudo seiji: kokusai hikaku to mekanizumu. Tokyo: Ashi Shobo. Title translation: "The United States: 'Pork Distribution' and Politicians' Reelection Quest."

Data

• [NEW!] The 2012 Election for the Japanese House of Representatives: Results of single-member districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The 2010 Election for the Japanese House of Councillors: Results of prefectural districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The 2009 Election for the Japanese House of Representatives: Results of single-member districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The 2007 Election for the Japanese House of Councillors: Results of prefectural districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The 2005 Election for the Japanese House of Representatives: Results of single-member districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The 2004 Election for the Japanese House of Councillors: Results of prefectural districts (comma delimited text) / Codebook.

• The government duration data used in Maeda & Nishikawa (2006): Table (pdf) / Numerical data (comma delimited text) / Codebook. (If you use this data set, please cite our CPS article.)

• Ranking of countries by the number of JSTOR participating institutions (comma delimited text). Sources: www.jstor.org/about/participants_na.html & www.jstor.org/about/participants_intl.html, accessed on June25, 2007.

Teaching