Nolan Matthew McCarty | |
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| Born | December 10, 1967 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, academic, professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA) Carnegie Mellon University (MS, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Scientist |
| Institutions | Princeton University (2001–present) Columbia University (1996–2001) |
| Main interests | U.S. politics, democratic political institutions, political game theory |
Nolan Matthew McCarty (born December 10, 1967) is an American political scientist specializing in U.S. politics, democratic political institutions, and political methodology. He has made notable contributions to the study of partisan polarization, the politics of economic inequality, theories of policy-making, and the statistical analysis of legislative voting.
He is currently the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where he is also the Director of the Center for Data-Driven Social Science.