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Jowei Chen

Assistant Professor
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
Ph.D., Stanford

6640 Haven Hall
4241 ISR
426 Thompson Street
(734) 615-9886
jowei@umich.edu

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Research Interests:


Jowei Chen's research examines the electoral geography of distributive politics. His work examines the targeting of federal government spending to partisan supporters and campaign contributers in the United States . He has also studied how the geography of electoral institutions alters the distribution of pork barreling by state legislatures. Finally, his research analyzes the effects of government cash transfers on the election-day behavior of different groups of voters.

Jowei moved to Michigan in 2009 after finishing graduate school at Stanford. He is a native of southeastern Tennessee.

Selected Publications

  • "The Effect of Electoral Geography on Pork Barreling in Bicameral Legislatures," American Journal of Political Science. Volume 54, Number 2.
  • "The Law of k/n: The Effect of Chamber Size on Government Spending in Bicameral Legislatures." (with Neil Malhotra) American Political Science Review. Volume 101, Number 4: 657-676.
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