Contents | Vol. 2 No. 3| State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Abstract

Volume 2• Number 3

Fall 2002

Special Issue
Approval Ratings of Public Officials in the American States:
Causes and Effects

Guest Editors:
Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester
Thad Beyle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lee Sigelman, The George Washington University

Research Articles

213 Guest Editors' Introduction

by Thad Beyle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester and
Lee Sigelman, The George Washington University

215 Gubernatorial, Senatorial, and State-level Presidential Job Approval:
The U.S. Officials Job Approval Ratings (JAR) Collection

by Thad Beyle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester
Lee Sigelman, The George Washington University

230 Fiscal Transparency, Gubernatorial Approval, and the Scale of Government: Evidence from the States

by James E. Alt, Harvard University
David Dreyer Lassen, University of Copenhagen
David Skilling, The New Zealand Treasury

251 Gubernatorial Approval and Administrative Influence

by Nelson C. Dometrius, Texas Tech University

268 American Governors and their Constituents: The Relationship between Gubernatorial Personality and Public Approval

by Jay Barth, Hendrix College
Margaret R. Ferguson, Indiana University at Indianapolis

283 Political Events in a Model of Gubernatorial Approval

by Robert E. Crew, Jr., Florida State University
David Branham, University of Houston
Gregory Weiher, University of Houston
Ethan Bernick, University of Illinois at Springfield

298 A Dynamic Model of U.S. Senator Approval, 1981–2000

by Jennifer L. Anderson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adam J. Newmark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Call for Papers

317 Third Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy:
Causes and Consequences of American State Institutions on Political Behavior, University of Arizona, March 14–15, 2003

320 Call for Nominations: The SPPQ Best Paper Award

323 About the Authors

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