{"id":34,"date":"2017-07-28T04:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T04:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:19:43","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peterbils.com\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Working Papers<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ideological_12-25.pdf\">Ideological Infection<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with Federica Izzo. Revise &amp; Resubmit at <em><strong>American Political Science Review<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/revolvers-16.pdf\"><strong>Working for the Revolving Door<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; with Gleason Judd.\u00a0<em>[updated March 2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/anchorvoting.pdf\"><strong>Policy Anchors, Voter Behavior, and the Dynamics of Party Platforms<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; with Steven Callander and Federica Izzo. <em>[updated Nov. 2025]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Published and Forthcoming Papers<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Secret_Alliances-15.pdf\">The Logic of Secret Alliances<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with Bradley C. Smith.\u00a0<em><strong>American Journal of Political<\/strong><strong> Science<\/strong><\/em>, Forthcoming.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/policy-gambles.pdf\">Policy Gambles and Valence in Elections<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with Federica Izzo. 2025.\u00a0<em><strong>Games and Economic Behavior<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>153: 523-540.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geb.2025.08.005\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fanatical-Peace.pdf\">Fanatical Peace: How Fundamental Disagreements Can Discourage Conflict<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with Kristopher W. Ramsay and Richard Jordan. 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Journal of Politics<\/em><\/strong>. 87(3): 1094-1107. [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/732987\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Judicial-Appointments-1.pdf\"><strong>Policymaking and Appointments under Electoral and Judicial Constraints<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; with Gleason Judd and Bradley C. Smith. 2024.\u00a0<em><strong>Journal of Politics<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>86(3): 968-982. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/10.1086\/729952\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/avoidance-14.pdf\">Strategic Avoidance and Rulemaking Procedures<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with Robert J. Carroll and Lawrence S. Rothenberg. 2024.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Journal of Theoretical Politics<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>36(2): 156-185. [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09516298241237209\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Overreacting-Posturing.pdf\"><strong>Overreacting and Posturing: How Accountability and Ideology Shape Executive Policies.<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; 2023.\u00a0<em><strong>Quarterly Journal of Political Science<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>18(2): 153-182. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowpublishers.com\/article\/Details\/QJPS-20177\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lobbying-Elections.pdf\">Lobbying and Policy Extremism in Repeated Elections<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with John Duggan and Gleason Judd. 2021.\u00a0<em><strong>Journal of Economic Theory<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>193: 105223. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022053121000405?casa_token=CEObsTdGsAIAAAAA:uA1osKG8VqYPlSsmpXXb6UPnV9YQmccGinDsGeuwo6slfKR3P5bCV9QpESKiKR2crQSTZtonJg\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Multiple-Agencies.pdf\"><strong>Policymaking with Multiple Agencies<\/strong><\/a>.&#8221; 2020.\u00a0<em><strong>American Journal of Political Science<\/strong>, <\/em>64(3): 634-648. [<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ajps.12474\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Amicus-Game.pdf\"><strong>The Amicus Game<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; with Lawrence S. Rothenberg and Bradley C. Smith. 2020.\u00a0<strong><em>Journal of Politics<\/em><\/strong>, 82(3): 1113-1126. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1086\/707795\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Stalling.pdf\"><strong>Stall Wars: When Do States Fight to Hold onto the Status Quo?<\/strong><\/a>,&#8221; with Gleason Judd and William Spaniel. 2020.\u00a0<em><strong>International Studies Quarterly<\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a064(3): 523-529. [<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/isq\/article-abstract\/doi\/10.1093\/isq\/sqaa037\/5857853?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">published version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterbils.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Slow-Learning.pdf\">Slow to Learn: Bargaining, Uncertainty, and the Calculus of Conquest<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; with William Spaniel. 2018.\u00a0<em><strong>Journal of Conflict Resolution<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>62(4): 774-796. 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