spent my lunch break today coming up with ways that the Kate Middleton story would turn out if it were being investigated by various fictional detectives

It's coming . . .

(with Alex Lee)

My great co-authors SevincBermek and Aslı Unan summarize our work on victim blaming social norms and #IPV for VoxEU #InternationalWomensDay

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Now with the blog post!

Been saying this for years

Finally out at Journal of Politics @[email protected]! I show that the size of legislatures matter for the electoral strength of incumbents in the executive.

(doi.org/10.1086/726921)

Almost exactly two years ago, Russia launched its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. By way of reflection, let me provide a somewhat quirky overview of the political science / economy literature on autocracy in this🧵.
In the past two decades, our understanding ... 1/n

a moral hazard problem (see Svolik, but also Scott Tyson): By empowering their coercive apparatus to neutralise threats from the masses effectively, dictators also enable the agents of coercion to remove them (trade-off between reducing external ... 24/n
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

I have a new paper on governance of online platforms. The topic is a bit of a departure for me. Comments more than welcome.

voices.uchicago.edu/ethanbdm/files…

How does the introduction of green policies affect voting? Using a ban on polluting cars, Italo Colantone, Livio Di Lonardo, Yotam Margalit, & Marco Percoco, show increased populist right party support in the next election from banned-car owners.
#APSRNewIssue
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Happy to see this paper in print American Political Science Review! A quick thread. 1/n

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