IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University
Matthew Gabel
Assistant Professor

1615 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027

Phone: (859) 257-4234
Fax:     (859) 257-7034
Email: mjgabe1@uky.edu
 

Biography:

Matt Gabel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky. His research focuses primarily on issues of international political economy and comparative politics in the advanced industrialized world. He is particularly interested in politics in the European Union, where intergovernmental political questions loom large. Research areas include: international economics and mass political behavior; the politics of decision-making in the European Court of Justice; legislative voting behavior; and the effects of political institutions on economic performance. He also studies group decision-making in medical settings and its consequences for health care.

Recent Publications:

  • A Social Choice Approach to Expert Consensus Panels. (and Charles Shipan). 2004. Journal of Health Economics. 23: 543-564.
  • European Integration, Voters, and National Politics. 2000. West European Politics 23:52-72.
  • Putting Parties in their Place: Inferring Party Left-Right Ideological Positions from Manifestos Data. (and John Huber). 2000. American Journal of Political Science 44: 94-103.
  • How to Succeed at Increasing Spending Without Really Trying: The Balanced Budget Amendment and Item Veto. (and Greg Hager). 2000. Public Choice 102: 19-23.
  • International Economics and Mass Politics: Market Liberalization and Public Support for European Integration. 1998. American Journal of Political Science 42: 936-953.

Research in Progress:

  • The Politics of Decision-Making in the European Court of Justice: The System of Chambers and the Distribution of Cases. Paper Presented at the ECPR Meetings, October 2003, Marburg.
  • Off the Record: Unrecorded Votes, Selection Bias, and Roll-Call Vote Analysis. (and Cliff Carrubba, et.al.) Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, September 2003.
  • Estimating the Effect of Elite Consensus on Public Opinion Using Instrumental Variables (and Kenneth Scheve). Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, April 2004, Chicago.
  • Europork: EU Fiscal Policy and Public Support for European Integration. (and Guy Whitten and Harvey Palmer).
  • Do Governments Sway European Court of Justice Decision-making: Evidence from Government Court Briefs (with Clifford Carrubba). Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, April 2005, Chicago.