Dr. Steven Sprick Schuster
Assistant Professor
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, Boston University (2014)
- MA, Boston University (2013)
- BA, University of Missouri (2008)
- BA, University of Missouri (2005)
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University, where I am also a member of the Political Economy Research Institute. My research interests include economic history and political economy. My historical research studies the role of U.S. government institutions (especially the Post Office) in the late 19th and early 20th century, while my political economy research focuses on how voters respond to campaign messaging, information networks, and election structures.
Publications
Academic Publications
(2020) Does Campaign Spending Affect Election Outcomes? New Evidence from Transaction-Level Disbursement Data. Journal of Politics. 82(4), 1502-1515
​(2020) An Empirical History of the United States Postal Savings System (w/ Ma...
Academic Publications
(2020) Does Campaign Spending Affect Election Outcomes? New Evidence from Transaction-Level Disbursement Data. Journal of Politics. 82(4), 1502-1515
(2020) An Empirical History of the United States Postal Savings System (w/ Matthew Jaremski and Elizabeth Ruth Perlman). Social Science History. 44(4), 667 - 696
(2016) Delivering the Vote: The Political Effect of Free Mail Delivery (w/ Elisabeth Ruth Perlman). Journal of Economic History. 76(3), 769-802
Working Papers
-The U.S. Postal Savings Banks System and the Collapse of B&Ls During the Great Depression (w/ Matthew Jaremski and Sebastian Fleitas)
-Consolidating Votes: The Lingering Effects of Same-day Primaries
-What We are Getting Wrong When We Measure Campaign Spending
-Widows, Congressional Representation, and the (Ms.)Appropriation of a Name (w/ Danielle Lupton and Sahar Parsa)
-The Persuasive Power of the Fourth Estate: Estimating the Effect of Newspaper Endorsements: 1960-1980
Popular Publications
Fewer Elections Could Improve Election Security. Nashville Business Journal (11/22/2021)
Interviewed for "Postal Banking is a Solution, But to Which Problem?" Bankshot Podcast. (8/26/2020)
How Can Biden Win Over the Left? One Answer May Lie at the Post Office. The Fiscal Times (5/8/2020)
