Selected Articles
– Zhirnov, Andrei Y., Mert Moral, and Evgeny A. Sedashov. 2023. “Taking Distributions Seriously: On the Interpretation of the Estimates of Interactive Nonlinear Models.” Political Analysis 31(2): 213-34.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials. DAME (Tools for Data-Conscious Interpretation of Nonlinear Interactive Models in R) Package. Stata code and examples.
– Moral, Mert, and Robin E. Best. 2023. “On the Relationship between Party Polarization and Citizen Polarization.” Party Politics 29(2): 229-47.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by BingUNews.
– Moral, Mert, and Andrei Y. Zhirnov. 2018. “Issue Voting as a Constrained Choice Problem.” American Journal of Political Science 62(2): 280-95.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
– Moral, Mert. 2017. “The Bipolar Voter: On the Effects of Actual and Perceived Party Polarization on Voter Turnout in European Multiparty Democracies.” Political Behavior 39(4): 935-65.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.
– Moral, Mert, and Efe Tokdemir. 2017. “Justices ‘en Garde’: Ideological Determinants of the Dissolution of Anti-Establishment Parties.” International Political Science Review 38(3): 264-80.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Quantitative Peace.
* Winner of the Richard I. Hofferbert Award awarded by the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Binghamton.
– Moral, Mert. 2016. “The Passive-Aggressive Voter: The Calculus of Casting an Invalid Vote in European Democracies.” Political Research Quarterly 69(4): 732-45.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Science News and Business Insider.
– Moral, Mert, H. Ege Özen, and Efe Tokdemir. 2015. “Bringing the Incumbency Advantage into Question for Proportional Representation.” Electoral Studies 40(1): 56-65.
* Replication data and code.
* Covered by the Democratic Audit UK.
Edited Volumes and Book Chapters
– Çarkoğlu, Ali, Emre Erdoğan, and Mert Moral, eds. 2023. Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür – Ersin Kalaycıoğlu’na Armağan [The Boundaries of Turkish Politics: Political Behavior, Institutions, and Culture]. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
– Moral, Mert. 2023. “Kültür Çatışması (Kulturkampf): Coğrafi Kutuplaşma ve Seçmen Davranışı İlişkisi Üzerine Bir Deneme [Culture Struggle (Kulturkampf): An Essay On the Relationship between Geographic Polarization and Electoral Behavior].” In Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür – Ersin Kalaycıoğlu’na Armağan, eds. A. Çarkoğlu, E. Erdoğan, and M. Moral. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Politics as (Un)Usual? An Overview of the June 2018 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Turkey.” In Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections eds. A. Çarkoğlu and E. Kalaycıoğlu, NY: Routledge.
* Replication data and code.
– Moral, Mert. 2021. “The Story of Electoral Alliances.” In Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections eds. A. Çarkoğlu and E. Kalaycıoğlu, NY: Routledge.
* Replication data and code.
– Moral, Mert. 2019. “A Comparative Study of the Individual and Contextual Determinants of Invalid Votes in Europe.” In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2, London: Sage Publications, doi:10.4135/9781526478733.
Other Peer-Reviewed Research
– Moral, Mert, Yasemin Tosun, and Şeyma Topçu. 2023. “2018 Milletvekili Genel ve Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimlerinde Elit Karşıtı Tutumlar ve Seçmen Davranışı İlişkisi [On the Relationship between Anti-Elitist Attitudes and Electoral Behavior in the 2018 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections].” Liberal Düşünce Dergisi 28(109): 185-218.
* Replication data and code.
– Moral, Mert. 2022. “Siyaset Biliminde Etkileşimli Modeller Üzerine [On the Interactive Models in Political Science Research].” Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 51(1): 111-128.
* Replication data and code.
– Aydaş, İrem, Mert Moral, and Yasemin Tosun. 2022. “Türkiye’de Seçim Anketlerinin Toplam Anket Hatası Perspektifinden Bir İncelemesi [An Examination of Election Polls in Turkey from the Total Survey Error Paradigm Perspective].” Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 51(1): 87-110.
* Replication data and code.
– Sedashov, Evgeny, and Mert Moral. 2022. “The Reliability of COVID-19 Data in the Shadow of Anti-Pandemic Measures’ Cancellation.” Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences 31(1): 91-114.
– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Siyasi Kutuplaşma [Political Polarization].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].
– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Siyasi Davranış [Political Behavior].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].
– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Partizanlık [Partisanship].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].
– Çarkoğlu, Ali, Thomas Vitiello, and Mert Moral. 2012. “Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey.” International Journal of Electronic Governance 5 (3/4): 298-317.
* Winner of the Elizabeth H. Nelson Prize awarded by the World Association of Public Opinion Research.