Books
- Scott Wolford. 2019. The Politics of the First World War: A Course in Game Theory and International Security. Cambridge University Press. (Amazon)
- Reviewed in the Journal of Economic Literature by Roger Myerson
- Scott Wolford. 2015. The Politics of Military Coalitions. Cambridge University Press. (Amazon)
- Scott Wolford. 2023. “Coalition Politics and War Termination.” Journal of Politics 85.2:568-580.
- Jesse C. Johnson and Scott Wolford. 2023. "Alliance Reliability and Dispute Escalation." Journal of Conflict Resolution 67.4:617-641.
- Scott Wolford. 2023. "Great Power Intervention and War." International Studies Quarterly 67.1:sqad003
- Peter Carey, Curtis M. Bell, Emily Hencken Ritter, and Scott Wolford. 2022. "Oil Discoveries, Civil War, and Preventive State Repression." Journal of Peace Research 59.5:648-662.
- Langø, Hans-Inge, Curtis M. Bell, and Scott Wolford. 2022. "Oil Discovery, Oil Production, and Coups d'État." International Interactions 48.3:374-396.
- Dan Reiter and Scott Wolford. 2021. "Gender, Sexism, and War." Journal of Theoretical Politics 34.1:59-77.
- Chapman, Terrence L., Nathan M. Jensen, Edmund Malesky, and Scott Wolford. 2021. "Leakage in International Regulatory Regimes: Did the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Increase Bribery?" Quarterly Journal of Political Science 16.4:387-427.
- Julianne Phillips and Scott Wolford. 2021. "Collective Deterrence in the Shadow of Shifting Power." International Studies Quarterly 65.1:136-145.
- Cathy Xuanxuan Wu, Amanda A. Licht, and Scott Wolford. 2021. "Same as the Old Boss? Domestic Politics and the Turnover Trap." International Studies Quarterly 65.1:173-183.
- Scott Wolford. 2020. "War on the World Stage: Crisis Bargaining Before Third Parties." Journal of Theoretical Politics 32.2:235-261.
- Scott Wolford. 2019. "Neutrality Regimes." Security Studies 28.4:807-832.
- Cathy Xuanxuan Wu and Scott Wolford. 2018. "Leaders, States, and Reputations." Journal of Conflict Resolution 62.10:2087-2117. (Online appendix)
- Scott Wolford. 2018. "Wars of Succession." International Interactions 44.1:173-187.
- Scott Wolford and Moonhawk Kim. 2017. "Alliances and the High Politics of International Trade." Political Science Research and Methods 5.4:587-611.
- Scott Wolford. 2017. "The Problem of Shared Victory: War-Winning Coalitions and Postwar Peace." Journal of Politics 79.2:702-716. (Presentation of an early draft to the Online Peace Science Colloquium.)
- Scott Wolford and Emily Hencken Ritter. 2016. "National Leaders, Political Security, and the Formation of Military Coalitions." International Studies Quarterly 60.3:540-551.
- Jakana L. Thomas, William Reed, and Scott Wolford. 2016. "The Rebels' Credibility Dilemma." International Organization 70.3:477-511.
- Curtis M. Bell and Scott Wolford. 2015. "Oil Discoveries, Shifting Power, and Civil Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 59.3:517-530. (ISQ Replication Symposium)
- Scott Wolford. 2014. "Threats at Home, Threats Abroad: Bargaining and War in the Shadow of Coups and Revolutions." International Interactions 40.4:506-532.
- Scott Wolford. 2014. "Power, Preferences, and Balancing: The Durability of Coalitions and the Expansion of Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 58.1:146-157. (Erratum/Appendix)
- Moonhawk Kim and Scott Wolford. 2014. "Choosing Anarchy: Institutional Alternatives and the Global Order." International Theory 6.1:28-67.
- Scott Wolford. 2014. "Showing Restraint, Signaling Resolve: Coalitions, Cooperation, and Crisis Bargaining." American Journal of Political Science 58.1:144-156. (Proofs)
- Terrence L. Chapman, Johannes Urpelainen, and Scott Wolford. 2013. "International Bargaining, Endogenous Domestic Constraints, and Democratic Accountability." Journal of Theoretical Politics 25.2:260-283.
- Scott Wolford. 2012. "Incumbents, Successors, and Crisis Bargaining: Leadership Turnover as a Commitment Problem." Journal of Peace Research 49.4:517-530.
- Philip Arena and Scott Wolford. 2012. "Arms, Intelligence, and War." International Studies Quarterly 56.2:351-365.
- Emily Hencken Ritter and Scott Wolford. 2012. "Bargaining and the Effectiveness of International Criminal Regimes." Journal of Theoretical Politics 24.2:151-173.
- Scott Wolford, Dan Reiter, and Clifford J. Carrubba. 2011. "Information, Commitment, and War." Journal of Conflict Resolution 55.4:556-579. (Proofs)
- Terrence L. Chapman and Scott Wolford. 2010. "International Organizations, Strategy, and Crisis Bargaining." Journal of Politics 72.1:227-242.
- Scott Wolford. 2007. "The Turnover Trap: New Leaders, Reputation, and International Conflict." American Journal of Political Science 51.4:772-788. (Erratum)
- Douglas M. Gibler and Scott Wolford. 2006. "Alliances, Then Democracy: An Examination of the Relationship Between Regime Type and Alliance Formation." Journal of Conflict Resolution 50.1:129-153.