# Research ## Recent Writings Download 7 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=7&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### Working Paper [Heuristic Agenda Closure in Administrative Government](/publications/heuristic-agenda-closure-administrative-government). [Heuristic Agenda Closure in Administrative Government](/publications/heuristic-agenda-closure-administrative-government). - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfagendadem\_bureaucracy.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/agendadem_bureaucracy.pdf) Agenda-setting shapes the problems that occupy the sustained attention of those who craft laws and policy, and the heuristics and solutions used to address those problems. An extensive political science literature has elucidated agenda formation... - [ picture\_as\_pdfagendadem\_bureaucracy.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/agendadem_bureaucracy.pdf) ### In Press [Toward a Theory of Office (The John Gaus Award Lecture 2023)](/publications/toward-theory-office-john-gaus-award-lecture-2023). PS: Political Science and Politics. [Toward a Theory of Office (The John Gaus Award Lecture 2023)](/publications/toward-theory-office-john-gaus-award-lecture-2023). PS: Political Science and Politics. - [ picture\_as\_pdfgaus\_lecture\_20250207.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/gaus_lecture_20250207.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfgaus\_lecture\_20250207.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/gaus_lecture_20250207.pdf) ### 2024 Carpenter D, Feldman WB, Kesselheim AS, Bhaskar A, Darrow J, Russo M, Rand LZ, Lu Z, Campbell EG. [Trust in the Food and Drug Administration: A National Survey Study](https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cpt.3292). Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2024;116(2):408–414. Carpenter D, Feldman WB, Kesselheim AS, Bhaskar A, Darrow J, Russo M, Rand LZ, Lu Z, Campbell EG. [Trust in the Food and Drug Administration: A National Survey Study](https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cpt.3292). Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2024;116(2):408–414. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfclin\_pharma\_and\_therapeut...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/clin_pharma_and_therapeutics_-_2024_-_feldman_-_trust_in_the_food_and_drug_administration_a_national_survey_study.pdf) Building trust in public health agencies like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has become a key government priority. Understanding the roots of FDA mistrust is important if the agency is to develop targeted messaging and reforms aimed at... - [ picture\_as\_pdfclin\_pharma\_and\_therapeut...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/clin_pharma_and_therapeutics_-_2024_-_feldman_-_trust_in_the_food_and_drug_administration_a_national_survey_study.pdf) Blackhawk M, Carpenter D. [Petitions above Party: Congressional Representation by Petition, 1789– 1950](/publications/petitions-above-party-congressional-representation-petition-1789%E2%80%93-1950). In: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America -- Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press; 2024. pp. 268–283. Blackhawk M, Carpenter D. [Petitions above Party: Congressional Representation by Petition, 1789– 1950](/publications/petitions-above-party-congressional-representation-petition-1789%E2%80%93-1950). In: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America -- Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press; 2024. pp. 268–283. - [ picture\_as\_pdfblackhawk\_and\_carpenter\_-...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/blackhawk_and_carpenter_-_petitionsaboveparty_20230417.pdf) - [ picture\_as\_pdfblackhawk\_and\_carpenter\_-...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/blackhawk_and_carpenter_-_petitionsaboveparty_20230417.pdf) Libgober B, Carpenter D. [Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance](/publications/lawyers-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-american-finance). Perspectives on Politics. 2024;22(4):1045–1064. Libgober B, Carpenter D. [Lawyers as Lobbyists: Regulatory Advocacy in American Finance](/publications/lawyers-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-american-finance). Perspectives on Politics. 2024;22(4):1045–1064. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/lawyers-as-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-in-american-finance/D6C046236F1F997C0C6E75FC608954D4) - [ picture\_as\_pdflawyers-as-lobbyists-regu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/lawyers-as-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-in-american-finance_copy.pdf) Administrative agencies have undertaken an increasingly substantial role in policymaking. Yet the influence-seeking that targets these agencies remains poorly understood. Reporting exceptions under the Lobbying Disclosure Act allow many of the most... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/lawyers-as-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-in-american-finance/D6C046236F1F997C0C6E75FC608954D4) - [ picture\_as\_pdflawyers-as-lobbyists-regu...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/lawyers-as-lobbyists-regulatory-advocacy-in-american-finance_copy.pdf) Carpenter D, Ezell C. [An FDA for AI? Pitfalls and Plausibility of Approval Regulation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence](/publications/fda-ai-pitfalls-and-plausibility-approval-regulation-frontier-artificial). AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. 2024;7. Carpenter D, Ezell C. [An FDA for AI? Pitfalls and Plausibility of Approval Regulation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence](/publications/fda-ai-pitfalls-and-plausibility-approval-regulation-frontier-artificial). AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. 2024;7. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfapproval\_regulation\_for\_f...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/approval_regulation_for_frontier_artificial_intelligence_aies_cameraready20240730.pdf) Observers and practitioners of artificial intelligence (AI) have proposed an FDA-style licensing regime for the most advanced AI models, or ’frontier’ models. In this paper, we explore the applicability of approval regulation – that is, regulation of a... - [ picture\_as\_pdfapproval\_regulation\_for\_f...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/approval_regulation_for_frontier_artificial_intelligence_aies_cameraready20240730.pdf) Carpenter D. [Empire, Ministry, Indigeneity](/publications/empire-ministry-indignity). Clio. 2024;33(1). Carpenter D. [Empire, Ministry, Indigeneity](/publications/empire-ministry-indignity). Clio. 2024;33(1). - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfclio3301-jan-2024\_copy.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/clio3301-jan-2024_copy.pdf) My late colleague Samuel Huntington wrote of an impending clash of civilizations, but it might be more apt to consider the specter that confronts us as a clash of empires. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threats that Putin has broadcast across... - [ picture\_as\_pdfclio3301-jan-2024\_copy.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/dcarpenter/files/clio3301-jan-2024_copy.pdf) [ More Publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications) ## Projects & Research Topics [### The FDA Project ](/fda-project) ![fda](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_fda.png?itok=UtEGe8rs) [### Political Institutions and North American Political History ](/political-institutions-and-north-american-political-history) ![political institution](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_intitution.png?itok=GtzlPIDq) [### Political Economy of Government Regulation ](/political-economy-of-governement-regulation) ![icon](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_regulation.png?itok=UwyOM6j5) [### Bureaucratic Politics and Organization ](/bureaucratic-politics-and-organization) ![icon](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_bureaucrat.png?itok=c5hXcrFR) [### Stochastic Models of Behavioral/Bounded Rationality ](/stochastic-models-of-behavioral-and-bounded-rationality) ![Icon](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_stochastic.png?itok=qjR3UVfl) [### Media Behavior and Agenda Setting ](/media-behavior-and-agenda-setting) ![Icon](/sites/g/files/omnuum8536/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/dcarpenter/files/icon_media.png?itok=tUQKiskM)