Lanny Martin

Full Professor
Knowledge groupEconomics, Politics and Decision Sciences
Research domainsEconomics

Biography

Lanny Martin is a Professor of Political Science at Università Bocconi. He is also a research fellow in the Politics and Institutions unit of the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy. 

His research focuses on comparative political institutions, legislative politics, political economy, and coalition government. He teaches courses on democratic representation, European politics, parties and elections, and executives and legislatures. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, and British Journal of Political Science, among others.  

He got a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Rochester in 2000.  

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics: How Ideological Awareness Shapes Government Formation in Multiparty Democracies
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG - "Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics: How Ideological Awareness Shapes Government Formation in Multiparty Democracies" - 2025, Oxford University Press
  • 2020
    Models of coalition politics: recent developments and new directions
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "Models of coalition politics: recent developments and new directions" in The Sage Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations., L. Curini, R. Franzese (Eds.), SAGE Publications, chap. 14, pp. 244-260, 2020
  • 2020
    Coalition Government, Legislative Institutions, and Public Policy in Parliamentary Democracies
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "Coalition Government, Legislative Institutions, and Public Policy in Parliamentary Democracies", American Journal of Political Science, 2020, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 325-340
  • 2020
    What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining before an Audience under Multiparty Government
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "What You See Is Not Always What You Get: Bargaining before an Audience under Multiparty Government", American Political Science Review, 2020, vol. 114, no. 4, pp. 1138-1154
  • 2019
    Committee Chairs and Legislative Review in Parliamentary Democracies
    MARTIN, L., D. FORTUNATO, G. VANBERG, "Committee Chairs and Legislative Review in Parliamentary Democracies", British Journal of Political Science, 2019, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 785-797
  • 2015
    Coalition formation and policymaking in parliamentary democracies
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "Coalition formation and policymaking in parliamentary democracies" in Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions., Jennifer Gandhi, Rubén Ruiz-Rufino (Eds.), Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, chap. 13, pp. 181-194, 2015
  • 2015
    A Copula Approach to the Problem of Selection Bias in Models of Government Survival
    CHIBA, D., L. MARTIN, R. T. STEVENSON, "A Copula Approach to the Problem of Selection Bias in Models of Government Survival", Political Analysis, 2015, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 42-58
  • 2014
    Parties and Policymaking in Multiparty Governments: The Legislative Median, Ministerial Autonomy, and the Coalition Compromise
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "Parties and Policymaking in Multiparty Governments: The Legislative Median, Ministerial Autonomy, and the Coalition Compromise", American Journal of Political Science, 2014, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 979-996
  • 2014
    A Step in the Wrong Direction: An Appraisal of the Zero-Intelligence Model of Government Formation
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "A Step in the Wrong Direction: An Appraisal of the Zero-Intelligence Model of Government Formation", Journal of Politics, 2014, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 873-879
  • 2014
    Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government
    MARTIN, L., G. VANBERG, "Legislative Institutions and Coalition Government" in The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies., Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld, Kaare W. Strøm (Eds.), Oxford University Press, pp. 436–452, 2014

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