Joseph Warren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4124273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Warren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Warren |
| SIGNATURE | WARREN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Anchorage |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3328-6503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1925 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Electoral accountability, distributive conflict, and probabilistic voting
Why participation? Institutions and inequality in urban politics
In land use policymaking, institutions for resident participation are common but often associated with stark inequalities. We argue that the observed connection between participatory institutions and political inequality arises due to the circumstances in which participatory institutions are established – not due to participation itself. In a formal model, residents of two districts compete to oppose a locally costly (but socially beneficial) pro…
Law without Hierarchy
Legal systems are often assumed to require a single authoritative agency, such as a high court. Yet in some arbitration systems with no central authority, rules develop that are clear, adaptable, and judicable—and hence fulfill common criteria for law. This paper argues that institutional procedures of certain arbitration systems produce incentives to develop such rules. Using a formal model, I show that when arbitrators can be vetoed by disputan…
Expertise and Inequality Amid Environmental Crisis
Scientific expertise is crucial for responding effectively to environmental crises. Nevertheless, under conditions of political inequality, expert policy making can inhibit policy solutions by altering incentives of powerful interest groups. This is the situation facing the predominantly Alaska Native communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which have long relied on salmon for subsistence and are now experiencing a collapse of the salmon popula…
From Classical to Progressive Liberalism
Early support for expert policy making through administrative agencies was rooted in concerns over political power. In a context of formal universal male suffrage, late nineteenth-century liberals (typically well-educated, urban professionals) opposed policies to regulate business out of fear of working-class radicalism. Yet by the 1910s, liberals supported economic regulation—through administrative agencies. We use a formal model to show how pot…
How the structure of legal authority affects political inequality
The Nimby problem
Nimbyism is widely thought to arise from an inherent tradeoff between localism and efficiency in government: because many development projects have spatially concentrated costs and diffuse benefits, local residents naturally oppose proposed projects. But why cannot project developers (with large potential profits) compensate local residents? We argue that local regulatory institutions effectively require developers to expend resources that cannot…
Domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness
Husband's Right to Wife's Services
The Nimby problem
Nimbyism is widely thought to arise from an inherent tradeoff between localism and efficiency in government: because many development projects have spatially concentrated costs and diffuse benefits, local residents naturally oppose proposed projects. But why cannot project developers (with large potential profits) compensate local residents? We argue that local regulatory institutions effectively require developers to expend resources that cannot…
Husband's Right to Wife's Services
From Classical to Progressive Liberalism
Early support for expert policy making through administrative agencies was rooted in concerns over political power. In a context of formal universal male suffrage, late nineteenth-century liberals (typically well-educated, urban professionals) opposed policies to regulate business out of fear of working-class radicalism. Yet by the 1910s, liberals supported economic regulation—through administrative agencies. We use a formal model to show how pot…
Husband's Right to Wife's Services
Domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness
The Nimby problem
Nimbyism is widely thought to arise from an inherent tradeoff between localism and efficiency in government: because many development projects have spatially concentrated costs and diffuse benefits, local residents naturally oppose proposed projects. But why cannot project developers (with large potential profits) compensate local residents? We argue that local regulatory institutions effectively require developers to expend resources that cannot…
How the structure of legal authority affects political inequality
Law without Hierarchy
Legal systems are often assumed to require a single authoritative agency, such as a high court. Yet in some arbitration systems with no central authority, rules develop that are clear, adaptable, and judicable—and hence fulfill common criteria for law. This paper argues that institutional procedures of certain arbitration systems produce incentives to develop such rules. Using a formal model, I show that when arbitrators can be vetoed by disputan…
Expertise and Inequality Amid Environmental Crisis
Scientific expertise is crucial for responding effectively to environmental crises. Nevertheless, under conditions of political inequality, expert policy making can inhibit policy solutions by altering incentives of powerful interest groups. This is the situation facing the predominantly Alaska Native communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which have long relied on salmon for subsistence and are now experiencing a collapse of the salmon popula…
From Classical to Progressive Liberalism
Early support for expert policy making through administrative agencies was rooted in concerns over political power. In a context of formal universal male suffrage, late nineteenth-century liberals (typically well-educated, urban professionals) opposed policies to regulate business out of fear of working-class radicalism. Yet by the 1910s, liberals supported economic regulation—through administrative agencies. We use a formal model to show how pot…
Why participation? Institutions and inequality in urban politics
In land use policymaking, institutions for resident participation are common but often associated with stark inequalities. We argue that the observed connection between participatory institutions and political inequality arises due to the circumstances in which participatory institutions are established – not due to participation itself. In a formal model, residents of two districts compete to oppose a locally costly (but socially beneficial) pro…
Electoral accountability, distributive conflict, and probabilistic voting
Political science (7 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works)