John Michael Carey

Selected Publications

• Recent Articles

• "Prebunking and credible source corrections can increase election credibility: Evidence from the U.S. and Brazil." Co-authored with Brian Fogarty, Marília Gehrke, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler. Science Advances 11(35). 2025. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adv3758 

• "Losing predicts perceptions that elections were decided by fraud, but candidate race and margin of loss do not." Co-authored with Cecile Tobin, Ben Aronson, Sharanya Majumder, Hannah Tanenbaum, Ethan Weber, Brian Fogarty, Brendan Nyhan, and Jason Reifler. Electoral Studies 93. 2025. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379424001380

• "The Narrow Reach of Targeted Corrections: No Impact on Broader Beliefs about Election Integrity." Co-authored with Elizabeth Chun, Alice Cook, Brian Fogarty, Leyla Jacoby, Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler, Lilian Sweeney. Political Behavior.  2024. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-024-09968-0

• "Disfavor or favor? Assessing the valence of white Americans' racial attitudes." Co-authored with Alexander Agadjanian, Yusaku Horiuchi, and Timothy J. Ryan. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/100.00021119

• "The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions: Evidence from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada." Co-authored with Andrew M. Guess, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Brendan Nyhan, Joseph B. Phillips, and Jason Reifler. Nature Human Behavior. 2022.  https://osf.io/yezgv/

• "Learning how others perceive COVID-19 vaccination has minimal effect on uptake intentions: Evidence from injunctive norm and contentiousness treatments in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States." Co-authored with Tracy Keirns, Peter John Loewen, Eric Merkley, Brendan Nyhan, Joseph B. Phillips, Judy Rees, and Jason Reifler. PNAS – Nexus. 2022. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/2/pgac031/6585455?login=true

• "Partisanship unmasked: The role of politics and social norms in COVID-19 mask-wearing behavior." Co-authored with Andrew M. Guess, Brendan Nyhan, Joseph B. Phillips, and Jason Reifler. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 2022. https://doi10.1017/XPS.2022.20 

• "The Effect of Electoral Inversions on Democratic Legitimacy: Evidence from the United States." Co-authored with Gretchen Helmke, Brendan Nyhan, Mitchell Sanders, Susan C. Stokes, and Shun Yamaya. British Journal of Political Science. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000712342100048X

• "Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Policy. Co-authored with Katherine Clayton, Gretchen Helmke, Brendan Nyhan, Mitchell Sanders, and Susan C. Stokes. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2020.1790577. 

• "The effects of corrective information about disease epidemics and outbreaks: Evidence from Zika and Yellow Fever in Brazil." Co-authored with Victoria Chi, D.J. Flynn, Brendan Nyhan, and Thomas Zeitzoff. Science Advances 6(5): eaaw7449. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw7449. 

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  Books

• Campus Diversity: The Hidden Consensus. Co-authored with Katherine P. Clayton and Yusaku Horiuchi. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

• Legislative Voting and Accountability.  Cambridge University Press. 2009.

• Term Limits in the State Legislatures.  Co-authored with Richard Niemi and Lynda Powell.  University of Michigan Press. 2000.

• Executive Decree Authority.  Co-authored/edited with Matthew S. Shugart.  Cambridge University Press.  1998.

• Term Limits and Legislative Representation. Cambridge University Press. 1996.

• Presidents and Assemblies:  Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics.  Co-authored with Matthew S. Shugart.  Cambridge University Press. 1992.