LAPD Community Safety Partnership: Impact Evaluation on Violent Crime Using Augmented Synthetic Control Models Sydney Kahmann, Erin Hartman, P. Jeffrey Brantingham and Jorja Leap (University of California, Los Angeles) Abstract: In 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), in conjunction... Read More LAPD Community Safety Partnership: Impact Evaluation on Violent Crime Using Augmented Synthetic Control Models
Violation of Bright Lines, Term Limit Evasion and Information Control JunHyeok Jang (University of California, Merced) Abstract: Constitutional “bright lines” are generally thought to serve as an important guard against democratic breakdown, because... Read More Violation of Bright Lines, Term Limit Evasion and Information Control
Distances in Latent Space: A Novel Approach to Analyzing Conjoints Simon Hoellerbauer (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Abstract: Recent work (Abramson, Kocak, and Magazinnik, n.d.) has shown the potential pitfalls of using conjoint analysis... Read More Distances in Latent Space: A Novel Approach to Analyzing Conjoints
Certain. Wrong. Misinformed? Evaluating Survey-Based Measures of Political Misperceptions Matthew Graham (Yale University) Abstract: Survey measures of the public's factual beliefs suggest widespread misinformation on politically relevant matters of fact: not only do... Read More Certain. Wrong. Misinformed? Evaluating Survey-Based Measures of Political Misperceptions
Targeting and the Timing of Online Censorship: The Case of Venezuela Ishita Gopal (Pennsylvania State University) Abstract: In this paper I advance a theory to explain the timing of internet censorship in authoritarian regimes. Censorship as a means... Read More Targeting and the Timing of Online Censorship: The Case of Venezuela
Measuring Regulatory Barriers Using Annual Reports of Firms Haosen Ge (Princeton University) Abstract: Existing studies show that regulations are one of the major barriers to global economy. Nonetheless, identifying and measuring regulatory... Read More Measuring Regulatory Barriers Using Annual Reports of Firms
Conjoint Analysis in Studying Descriptive Representation Laura Felone, Khasan Redjabov and Eli August (University of Wisconsin) Abstract: We replicate Teele et al.’s (2018) substantively important question about political representation... Read More Conjoint Analysis in Studying Descriptive Representation
How Criminal Organizations Expand to Strong States: Migrants' Exploitation and Vote Buying in Northern Italy Gemma Dipoppa (University of Pennsylvania) Abstract: Criminal organizations are widely believed to emerge in weak states unable to protect the property rights and safety of their... Read More How Criminal Organizations Expand to Strong States: Migrants' Exploitation and Vote Buying in Northern Italy
Cheap Talk or Circuit to the Legislature: Why Do Corporations Express Public Support for and Opposition Against Free Trade? Dahyun Choi (Princeton University) Abstract: Studies of lobbying demonstrate that sending costly signals can further enhance the credibility of the information conveyed by firms, and... Read More Cheap Talk or Circuit to the Legislature: Why Do Corporations Express Public Support for and Opposition Against Free Trade?
The Persuasion Effect and Contrast Effect of Radical Right Voters – the case of Germany Ka-Ming Chan (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) Abstract: During the 2013-2017 electoral cycle, Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as a radical right party in the electoral market... Read More The Persuasion Effect and Contrast Effect of Radical Right Voters – the case of Germany
Learning From Likes: The Effect of Social Engagement Feedback on Politicians' Social Media Communications Ryden Butler (Washington University in St. Louis) Abstract: Considerable research indicates that politicians adapt their rhetoric in order to appeal to the preferences of their... Read More Learning From Likes: The Effect of Social Engagement Feedback on Politicians' Social Media Communications
(How) Do Elections Build States? Evidence from Liberian Electoral Administration Jeremy Bowles (Harvard University) Abstract: In contexts where the state otherwise has limited reach, effective electoral administration permits the projection of state authority... Read More (How) Do Elections Build States? Evidence from Liberian Electoral Administration
Analyzing Gendered & Raced Editorial Scrutiny of Lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. Julia Bourkland and Vanessa Cruz Nichols (Indiana University) Abstract: Content analyses in gender and politics scholarship find that female elites are often discussed in different and degrading ways... Read More Analyzing Gendered & Raced Editorial Scrutiny of Lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K.
Don’t Know, Don’t Care: Non-Attitudes in African Public Opinion Blair Read and Paige Bollen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Abstract: Public opinion data can contain a wealth of information about how citizens evaluate and participate in... Read More Don’t Know, Don’t Care: Non-Attitudes in African Public Opinion
Collective Property Rights Reduce Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Kathryn Baragwanath and Ella Bayi (University of California, San Diego) Abstract: In this paper, we draw on common-pool resource theory to argue that indigenous territories, when... Read More Collective Property Rights Reduce Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Legislative Networks and Agenda-Setting in the UNGA and UNSC Sabrina Arias and Robert Shaffer (University of Pennsylvania) Abstract: How do the agendas of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)... Read More Legislative Networks and Agenda-Setting in the UNGA and UNSC
Who Gets Their Way in Coalition Policy? Alessio Albarello (University of Rochester) Abstract: In coalition governments, parties need to agree on a common position. Whose preferences pre- vail? I test alternative theories for... Read More Who Gets Their Way in Coalition Policy?
When Inequality Matters: The Role of Wealth During England's Democratic Transition Ali Ahmed (New York University) Abstract: Do democratic reforms confer equal benefits to all citizens? Or are the material gains from such transitions conditioned by pre-existing... Read More When Inequality Matters: The Role of Wealth During England's Democratic Transition