🚨In the latest @the_JOP blog post, Elias Dinas, Sergi Martínez & Vicente Valentim highlight the impact of social norms on political behavior through an examination of the evolution of expressions of nationalism in Spain, collecting a data set of Spanish flags⬇️jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/how-people-can…

Really excited that our paper is out Journal of Politics @[email protected]. We investigate gendered strategic messaging of local judicial candidates. A thread: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73… Jeong Hyun Kim Elizabeth Lane Nichole Bauer Belinda Davis Kathleen Searles

Thrilled to have my paper “Feigning Politicians” accepted at the Journal of Politics Journal of Politics @[email protected] . 🥳

Now, time for a quick thread 🧵

Links to the paper:
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🚨 New publication alert! My research on how post-govt. incentives of revolving-door officials on their subsidy allocation decisions in China is now available in Journal of Politics @[email protected]. #RevolvingDoor #MoneyinPolitics #Corruption
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🚨 forthcoming Journal of Politics @[email protected]: super excited that the 1st paper on project with Alyssa René Heinze & Rachel E. Brule is now accepted.

We show that inequality does not stop at the gate of political office: Indian women face large inequalities in voice & centrality AFTER they reach office 1/n

Thrilled to see our work w/ Elias Dinas & Sergi Martínez Journal of Politics @[email protected].

Using data from flags hanging from balconies, we study a real-world case of changes in political norms: the normalization of Spanish nationalism after the referendum on Catalan independence.

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⁉️ Can access to credit be a substitute for social safety nets? Jonas Markgraf & Guillermo Rosas conclude that individuals with better credit access demand lower levels of redistribution, but this effect is moderated by job loss risk & income⬇️@the_JOP jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/plastic-to-the…

⁉️ How do pocketbook & distributional concerns affect citizens’ preferences for carbon taxation?Liam F. Beiser-McGrath & Thomas Bernauer highlight the predominant role of economic self-interest in shaping public preferences for carbon taxation. Learn more⬇️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/the-political-…

Now avaible as a copy-edited article: 'Comparative Vote Switching' w/ Werner Krause and Tarik Abou-Chadi in Journal of Politics @[email protected]: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Up to 50 ungated copies are available here: journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/MXXBMQY…

For a summary of the paper, see my thread below ⬇️

🚨 Using a large-scale field experiment in Ethiopia, Lovise Aalen, @Kotsadam, Janneke Pieters & Espen Villanger found that job offers increased women's formal employment & earnings, while community meeting involvement declined. Read more Journal of Politics @[email protected] Blog⬇️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/many-jobs-are-…

⁉️ Does job insecurity shape policy preferences? Using a survey experiment, Mallory Compton & Andrew Q. Philips find no support for the expectation that the risk of job loss translates into preferences for unemployment insurance policy design.⬇️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/does-job-insec…

happy news: my paper on the electoral effects programmatic policies is now online ahead-of-print at Journal of Politics @[email protected]. you can find it at journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Now out in Journal of Politics @[email protected]. In our new article, Denis Cohen | @[email protected] Werner Krause and I provide a new framework, method and data set to analyze vote switching between political parties. We also show how mainstream party convergence affects patterns of vote switching.
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⁉️ What do dictators talk about? Alexander Baturo & Jakob Tolstrup introduce a novel corpus of post-Soviet leaders’ legislative addresses & employ text analysis to show what prompts dictators to substitute between different rhetorical strategies⬇️Journal of Politics @[email protected] jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/what-dictators…

🟢 Historical legacies in Japan: 'Even after decades, the most damaged neighborhoods continue to have less organized neighborhood associations and also exhibit lower socioeconomic well-being in education, occupation, and residential stability' Journal of Politics @[email protected]
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I have a new paper on redistributive politics under spatial inequality out in Journal of Politics @[email protected]!

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So happy to see this at Journal of Politics @[email protected] with Miguel Pereira. Among candidates in legislative elections in Portugal, women are less (rather than more) risk-averse, highlighting how extrapolating from known citizen patterns to political elites can be problematic. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

🚨 Now available ahead of print Journal of Politics @[email protected] ! 🚨

TLDR: we find that male and white candidates are more likely to take up women's and Black-associated issues if a candidate with that identity runs in their primary!

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Do men have more political influence than women?

My new article 'The Influence Gap: Unequal Policy Responsiveness to Men and Women' is now available at the Journal of Politics @[email protected].

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Here's a thread 🧵 on the main findings.

I’m thrilled to see this paper (with Thomas M. Meyer & Markus Wagner) finally published online Journal of Politics @[email protected]! We show that social group appeals serve as simple cues for voters, shaping their opinions on policies based on appeal valence and group affect.

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