Coming soon: JHPE 4(1). Five peer-reviewed articles by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Raluca L. Pahontu, Jonathan Doucette, Jeff Jenkins, and others.

The first study to use the WhoGov dataset assessing women's access to cabinet positions, 𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥, @YamagishiHikaru, & Stuart Bramwell argue democratic institutions & experience are important drivers in governments' inclusion of women.
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. Sean Gailmard 's Agents of Empire 'demonstrates the imperial origins of arrangements at the core of the American democratic republic - representative assemblies, separation of powers, judicial review.'

Out Now #PoliticalEconomy #History

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I am honored and grateful to be named the new host of The Brookings Institution's Foresight Africa Podcast (brookings.edu/Foresightafric…).

Every two weeks, I will engage with contributors to our annual Foresight Africa report, policymakers, industry leaders, and other key figures to…

Public Libraries are good, very good!!

🚨 Virtual Conference in Historical Political Economy 🚨

The VWHPE co-convenors (Tine N. Paulsen, Dmitrii Kofanov, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE.

It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET.

Full program here: historicalpe.org/annual-virtual…

How do states build their informational capacity? Jeremy Bowles argues distributive politics condition the development of state capacity. He finds registration promotes access to narrow-based resources while increasing tax payment.
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Hi everyone, I am looking to hire a pre-doc to work on topics in political economy and economic history. Please RT and share with anyone who might be interested! More details below - apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOY… Econ RA Listings

From riots to revolutions, every conflict leaves a footprint on civilian lives. The Conflict Exposure Calculator tracks how close these footprints are to everyday life across the globe. Explore the data. acleddata.com/conflict-expos…

Great job working for a fantastic organization. Our World in Data is looking for writers to help turn the evidence and data into compelling and informative narratives.
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Ease of H1-B hiring helps young tech firms

In @PSRMjournal, Alex Lee & Weihong Qi find that ballot symbols in #India have an effect on vote choice.

Candidates who obtain their preferred symbols win significantly more votes than those who do not. Read free for a limited period - cup.org/3W1FKS9

Political Symbols in Uganda. Did the DP's hoe cost it the 1962 election? On this day in '62, the UPC & DP filled the national press w/ their respective party symbols. By 1958, the election committee had selected 32 symbols from which registered parties could draw. 1/7

Very happy to see 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 out in the wild in Democratization co-authored with Laure Bokobza. We explore and try to explain why dictatorships have multiparty governments. Short 🧵

Read it here doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Hard to believe this is actually out, but happy to see that it is. Thankful to the many colleagues & friends who helped me make it happen.

Despite the causal inference revolution, traditional Comparative Politics about big questions is perhaps living a golden age we are failing to perceive.

And this is a very non-exhaustive and quick selection ...

My take is a bit different - admissions to elite universities have over time put more and more weight on extracurriculars

So, there should be no surprise when these admitted students then get to college and devote most of their time to…extracurriculars

Daniel Dennett: How to compose a successful critical commentary

Rest well, and thank you

My paper with Romain Ferrali was accepted by Economic History of Developing Regions

It’s a beautiful oral-history + theory paper that explores how Moroccan elites used their social network to enforce contracts

It challenges some of the classic intuitions about the role of institutions in economic activity

Join us for the next African Politics Conference Group online colloquium on Tuesday, April 30, at 3pm BST with Matthew K. Ribar on 'Land values and formal property rights: evidence from 21 African countries' Sign up here for the paper and link to join: forms.gle/srE9rhi1JXxcrz…