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Vladimir Kogan

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1965

Publications

356

Citations

2,173

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1965

Research summary
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Vladimir Kogan studies American local politics and governance, with particular attention to school boards, school district elections, and how election timing and voter turnout shape who gets represented in local government. His work often uses election data and policy experiments to examine how democratic institutions—such as ballot design, election scheduling, and minority representation—affect outcomes like school spending, student achievement, and public employee pay. Much of this research sits at the intersection of political science and education policy.

Local elections and voter turnoutSchool board and education governancePolitical representation (racial, minority, descriptive)Education policy and school financeWelfare and social policy politics

Publication output was higher and more variable earlier in the decade (peaking in 2018) but has slowed considerably in recent years, with only a few publications annually since 2021.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 13 publications172018: 63 publications63182019: 16 publications192020: 15 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 2 publications22232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
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  • Harvard Dataverse×80
  • Stanford University Press eBooks×11
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×5
  • American Journal of Political Science×4
  • The Journal of Politics×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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