Brutger, Ryan, Stephen Chaudoin, and Max Kagan. 2022. "Trade wars and election interference." The Review of International Organizations. [Open-access publisher link] 

Kagan, Max, Justin Frake and Reuben Hurst. "VRscores: A Voter Registration-Based Approach for Measuring Workforce Politics." [SSRN preprint]

• R&R (minor revision) at Organization Science
• Website: https://vrscores.org/

Frake, Justin, Reuben Hurst, and Max Kagan. "Partisan sorting in the U.S. workplace is large and rising." [SSRN preprint]

• R&R at Nature Human Behavior
• Media coverage: Niskanen Center, UC Berkeley

Kagan, Max and Vanessa Burbano. "Asymmetry or Alignment? The Role of Ideology in Consumer Responses to Sociopolitical Stances." 

• AOM Annual Meeting Best Paper Designation (2025)

White, James, Reuben Hurst, and Max Kagan. "Corporate political stances and employee turnover." [SSRN preprint]

• SMS Annual Conference Best Paper (nominated) (2025)
• SMS Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Paper Prize (nominated) (2025)

"City Hall Meets Woke Capital? A Field Experiment on Policymaker Reactions to Corporate Stance-Taking" (with Vanessa Burbano)

"Common Ownership and Political Competition" (with Reilly Steel and Calvin Thrall)

"The Politics of Electric Vehicles"

"Workplaces as Engines of Democratic Participation" (with Justin Frake, Reuben Hurst, and Matt Lee)