| Public-private policy partnerships PV Rosenau MiT press, 2000 | 446 | 2000 |
| Welfare magnets: A new case for a national standard PE Peterson, MC Rom Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 384 | 2010 |
| American federalism, welfare policy, and residential choices PE Peterson, M Rom American Political Science Review 83 (3), 711-728, 1989 | 304 | 1989 |
| A wider race? Interstate competition across health and welfare programs MA Bailey, MC Rom The Journal of Politics 66 (2), 326-347, 2004 | 239 | 2004 |
| Interstate competition and welfare policy MC Rom, PE Peterson, KF Scheve Jr Publius: The Journal of Federalism 28 (3), 17-37, 1998 | 161 | 1998 |
| The credit rating agencies and the subprime mess: Greedy, ignorant, and stressed? MC Rom Public Administration Review 69 (4), 640-650, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| From welfare state to Opportunity, Inc. Public-private partnerships in welfare reform MC Rom American Behavioral Scientist 43 (1), 155-176, 1999 | 70 | 1999 |
| State competition in higher education: A race to the top, or a race to the bottom? MA Bailey, MC Rom, MM Taylor Economics of Governance 5, 53-75, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| Transforming state health and welfare programs MC Rom Politics in the American states, 117-31, 1999 | 55 | 1999 |
| Lower taxes, more spending, and budget deficits PE Peterson, M Rom The Reagan Legacy, 218-221, 1988 | 40 | 1988 |
| Public Spirit in the Thrift Tragedy MC Rom University of Pittsburgh Pre, 1996 | 34 | 1996 |
| Numbers, pictures, and politics: Teaching research methods through data visualizations MC Rom Journal of Political Science Education 11 (1), 11-27, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| The family support act of 1988: Federalism, developmental policy, and welfare reform M Rom Publius: The Journal of Federalism 19 (3), 57-73, 1989 | 28 | 1989 |
| The politics of congestion pricing M Rom Transportation Research Board Special Report, 1994 | 23 | 1994 |
| The case for a national welfare standard PE Peterson, MC Rom History of US Economy Since World War II, 346-349, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Introduction: The politics of same-sex marriage MC Rom The politics of same-sex marriage, 1-38, 2007 | 22 | 2007 |
| Grading more accurately MC Rom Journal of Political Science Education 7 (2), 208-223, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
| Fair and balanced? Experimental evidence on partisan bias in grading P Musgrave, M Rom American Politics Research 43 (3), 536-554, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Macroeconomic policymaking: Who is in control PE Peterson, M Rom Can the government govern, 139-182, 1989 | 19 | 1989 |
| Health and welfare in the American states M Rom Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis, 399-437, 1996 | 17 | 1996 |
