| The robust federation: Principles of design J Bednar Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 528* | 2008 |
| A political theory of federalism J Bednar, W Eskridge, J Ferejohn Constitutional culture and democratic rule 223, 224, 2001 | 232 | 2001 |
| Steadying the Court's unsteady path: A theory of judicial enforcement of federalism J Bednar, WN Eskridge Jr S. Cal. L. Rev. 68, 1447, 1994 | 192 | 1994 |
| Can game (s) theory explain culture? The emergence of cultural behavior within multiple games J Bednar, S Page Rationality and Society 19 (1), 65-97, 2007 | 184 | 2007 |
| Behavioral spillovers and cognitive load in multiple games: An experimental study J Bednar, Y Chen, TX Liu, S Page Games and Economic Behavior 74 (1), 12-31, 2012 | 144 | 2012 |
| The politics of European federalism J Bednar, J Ferejohn, G Garrett Schmidtchen, D./R. Cooter (1997), 79-99, 1997 | 111 | 1997 |
| The political science of federalism J Bednar Annual Reviews, 2011 | 86 | 2011 |
| Emergent cultural signatures and persistent diversity: A model of conformity and consistency J Bednar, A Bramson, A Jones-Rooy, S Page Rationality and Society 22 (4), 407-444, 2010 | 82* | 2010 |
| Federalism as a public good J Bednar Constitutional Political Economy 16 (2), 189-205, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Authority migration in federations: A framework for analysis J Bednar PS: Political science & politics 37 (3), 403-408, 2004 | 55 | 2004 |
| Valuing exit options J Bednar Publius: The Journal of Federalism 37 (2), 190-208, 2007 | 36 | 2007 |
| Revised-path dependence J Bednar, SE Page, JL Toole Political analysis, 146-156, 2012 | 35 | 2012 |
| Nudging federalism towards productive experimentation J Bednar Regional & Federal Studies 21 (4-5), 503-521, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Is full compliance possible? Conditions for shirking with imperfect monitoring and continuous action spaces J Bednar Journal of Theoretical Politics 18 (3), 347-375, 2006 | 32 | 2006 |
| Federalism: Unstable by Design J Bednar MS, Stanford University, 1996 | 32 | 1996 |
| Culture, institutional performance, and path dependence SE Page, J Bednar | 27* | 2006 |
| Credit assignment and federal encroachment J Bednar Supreme Court Economic Review 15 (1), 285-308, 2007 | 25 | 2007 |
| Choosing a future based on the past: Institutions, behavior, and path dependence J Bednar, A Jones-Rooy, SE Page European Journal of Political Economy 40, 312-332, 2015 | 23 | 2015 |
| Judicial predictability and federal stability: strategic consequences of institutional imperfection J Bednar Journal of Theoretical Politics 16 (4), 423-446, 2004 | 23 | 2004 |
| Subsidiarity and robustness: Building the adaptive efficiency of federal systems J Bednar Nomos 55, 231-256, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
