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The JOP is the flagship journal of the SPSA, published by the University of Chicago Press. Editors-in-Chief: @HellwigT & Timothy Nokken
Joined December 2014
📢 Welcome to the Journal of Politics Blog!.A new space to highlight path-breaking research from the JOP and make it accessible to a wide audience. Start reading here 👉 #PoliSci #AcademicTwitter #JOP @SPSAnews @ChicagoJournals.
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It is time for a bit of courage and innovation:.The JOP will start accepting Registered Reports as a new article format in January 2023. Publication decisions for RR will be based on the merits of the research question and design, irrespective of the empirical results. 1/11.🧵⬇️
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Are populist attitudes rather caused by economic grievances or cultural backlash? @matthewpurdy123, @RachelNavarre and Stephen Utych (@BoiseState University) analyze the role of emotions in the study of populism. Just Accepted by #JoP #PoliSciResearch.
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Why do the rich support progressive taxation? Because there is always someone richer. Just accepted by #JOP; @aslicansunar looks at how misperceptions of one's income level affect support for progressive taxation. #PoliSciResearch.
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Don't miss out on the amazing research article by @b_armstrong95, @tiffanydbarnes, @dianazobrien and Michelle Taylor-Robinson that shows women are more likely to be appointed to high profile positions after a spike in corruption. #PoliSciResearch #JOP .
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We are happy to announce that Emanuela Ceva from the University of Geneva (@UNIGEnews) and @ShareceThrower from Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) will join the JOP´s Editorial Team as Associate Editors in Political Theory and American Politics & Institutions, respectively.
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🎉🥳We are happy to announce that we have recently made the first in-principle-accepted decision of a Registered Report: "Gender Stereotypes in Electoral Autocracies: Experimental Evidence from Morocco" by @C_Barns, @AlexDBlackman, and @MarwaShalaby12.
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📢Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce that @The_JOP will continue accepting Registered Reports as a standard article format. 🎉 While we have a change in editors coming up at the start of the year, this valuable submission option is here to stay. 1/6 🧵⬇️.
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Some data on new submissions to the JOP:. 2009: 709.2010: 717.2011: 787.2012: 891.2013: 994.2014: 891.2015: 1157 (first Field Editor Team in place).2016: 1212 (first allowing Short Articles submissions).2017: 1260.2018: 1251.2019: 1358 (projected).
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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⬇️@The_JOP
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Just Accepted! In "Who votes more strategically?.Evidence from Canada" @aeggers, @dktr_dr and @PeejLoewen show better educated and richer voters vote more strategically, as do women and older voters although to a lesser extent. Find out more⬇️.
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Dear Colleagues: before submitting to @The_JOP please have a look at the new guidelines for contributors, including pre-registration, replication, ethical considerations etc.: @VETroeger.
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🥳We are delighted to announce that the most recent Google Scholar h5 index is out, & @the_JOP is ranked fifth among all journals in the discipline. The current index value for the JOP is 62, demonstrating the journal's visibility & influence relative to other publications!
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What happens to dictators´ cabinets the morning after failed coup attempts? Who gets to stay, and who must go? The latest @The_JOP blog post by @laurebokobza, @Suthan_1607, @jacob_nyrup, @CasperSakstrup, and Aaskoven is now online ⬇️ #PoliSciResearch.
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Women in legislature sacrifice floor time to avoid costs of interruptions. @agomezvidal and @svallejovera demonstrate empirically the strategic reactions of female members of the Ecuadorian Congress to the barriers to their participation. #PoliSciResearch.
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❓Why are women strongly underrepresented in top political positions? This @The_JOP blog post by Alba Huidobro (@albahuidobro) & Albert Falcó-Gimeno (@afalcogimeno) sheds light on the gender gap in government formation negotiations⬇️
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📢Over the past 9 months, we have gained experience with Registered Reports at @The_JOP. We remain excited about this new article format, and we continue to accept RR submissions! Submissions are possible until the end of June 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣ when this team's editorial term winds down.
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Do individuals who own property turn out to vote *because* they are property owners?@andrewbhall and @jesselyoder examine how individual economic circumstances influence political beliefs and behavior. Just accepted by #JOP. #polisciresearch
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❓Does removing Confederate symbols change attitudes and behavior regarding race & racial inequality? @RoxanneRahnama answers this question in the latest @The_JOP blog post. Find out more⬇️
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Is “conflict bad for business”? @graemedblair, @darinchr and @vwirtschafter use data from the mining sector to provide evidence that firms` response to armed conflict depends on their proximity to violence. Just Accepted by the #JOP #PoliSciResearch .
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Voters do not reward governments (enough) for improving their personal welfare. @mvinaes looks at the consequences of self-serving bias on democratic accountability. Now, Ahead of Print #JOP #PoliSciResearch #LaborDay.
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Lesbian, Gay and Transgender candidates are penalized by voters in Advanced Democracies. @GabMagni and @AndyReynoldsPU conduct survey experiments to assess the levels of and reasons for voter bias. #LGBTQpolitics #PoliSciResearch.Just Accepted by #JOP .
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❓Why do autocrats, under economic constraints, repress & why don’t civilians mobilize in response? In the latest @the_JOP blog piece, Jessica S. Sun studies the strategic calculations of autocrats & civilians. Read more⬇️
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⚽️Does sportswashing work? This @The_JOP article by Christian Gläßel, @ascharpf2 & @pearceaedwards conducts the first social scientific test of whether authoritarian host regimes win the desired image boost through sports mega-events. Learn more⬇️
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Do you want to be a Registered Report Reviewer? Join us in this exciting journey and sign up! The guidelines for Registered Reports are now on @The_JOP´s webpage:
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🚨In the latest @the_JOP blog post, @EliasDinas, @Sergisme & @ValentimVicente 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⬇️
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⁉️ Does the age of first vote affect future voting & political attitudes? @jonasjessen, @daniel_kuehnle & @MarkusWagnerAT use long-term panel data from the UK to examine the effects of earlier voting eligibility on turnout & political involvement.⬇️
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From our upcoming issue: "The Costs of Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Risk, Punishment, and Immunity" by Gloria Cheung and David A Siegel.
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📢New Blogpost (and spoiler)! Emotions mobilize turnout and worry is the frontrunner. Don't miss this thought-provoking read by @polpsychjoe and @ericplutzer. ⬇️ #Turnout #PoliSci
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📢Ex-rebels govern almost a quarter of sub-Saharan Africa today. How does war affect these countries’ long-run political development, & what explains their rebel regimes’ longevity? @shelley_x_liu explores the role of coercion in rebel governance⬇️
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More than a thousand scholars agreed to volunteer as Registered Report reviewers! Thanks so much to all of you!.We offer two workshops for prospective authors and reviewers to clarify any open questions.
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We are very excited to announce the Journal of Politics Blog where you can find blogposts of articles that will be featured in our upcoming issues! #JOP #PoliSciResearch.
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📢In this @The_JOP blog post, @bartonelee2 argues that some politicians will “feign” support for policies that voters demand: proposing & publicly endorsing such policies but then exerting little effort toward their adoption. Why? Find out here ⬇️
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The winners of public housing lottery in India experience significant improvements in their income, education and employment. What about the political effects? Well nobody likes spoilers, so read more on this on the JOP Blog! Blog piece by @tanu_kumar1. ⬇️.
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📢In the latest @The_JOP blog post, @riazsascha, @DanBischof & @MarkusWagnerAT examine the relationship between crimes attributed to immigrants & hate crimes against refugees at the local level, using fine-grained geocoded data from Germany. Read more⬇️
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Later this month, on the JOP's page on the University of Chicago Press website ( under the "Forthcoming" tab, we will introduce a "Just Accepted" link along with the current "Ahead of Print" link.
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❗️When comparing two quantities of interest, the use of the standard confidence interval (CI) can be misleading. Check out the new @The_JOP blog piece by Marius Radean (@uniessexgovt) to learn why the SDI method should be employed instead⬇️
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❓Are individuals in the military more likely to support the far-right? Do military facilities help increase far-right support? In this @The_JOP blog post, @frvillamil, @turnbulldugarte & José Rama study these questions using data from Spain. Read more⬇️
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⁉️ How do pocketbook & distributional concerns affect citizens’ preferences for carbon taxation?@lfbeisermcgrath & Thomas Bernauer highlight the predominant role of economic self-interest in shaping public preferences for carbon taxation. Learn more⬇️
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From our upcoming issue: "Negative Political Identities and Costly Political Action" by Katharina Lawall (@katharina_law), Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, Florian Foos (@FlorianFoos), and Joshua Townsley.
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📢Political efforts to capture the Asian American and Latino vote are more complicated than assumed. Learn more on this in @The_JOP´s new blog post by @dhopkins1776, @cherylrkaiser and @EfrenPoliPsy.
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Dear Colleagues, please note this message from the editors:
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⁉️ What are the micro-foundations of economic and political liberalization? Mark Nieman (@markdnieman) & Maxwell Allamong (@maxallamong) develop & test a leader-specific theory to explain liberalization across a range of policy areas on @The_JOP blog ⬇️📖
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A Registered Report is a form of an empirical research article in which the theory, methods and proposed analysis are pre-registered, reviewed, and in-principle-accepted for publication prior to data access. 2/11.
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⁉️ Do socioeconomic disparities between ethnic groups influence whether a country democratizes and remains democratic? @LLeipziger proposes that ethnic inequality does not affect the prospects of democratization due to competing mechanisms.⬇️ @The_JOP Blog
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Do politicians discriminate against immigrant-background voters? Jeyhun Alizade and @FabioEllger wrote a piece for the Journal of Politics blog on their field experiment in Germany. #PoliSciResearch #JOP.
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Since Emanuela Ceva will only join the editorial team in summer ’22, editorial board members with expertise in political theory have graciously agreed to support the current team in the interim and collectively act as associate editors for political theory manuscripts.
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Does information about government performance and corruption shape voter behaviour? Daniel Berliner and Joachim Wehner of @LSEPublicPolicy examine the electoral accountability effect of audit information in South Africa. #PoliSciResearch.
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📣Blog post alert📣 "Do Voters Discriminate Against Women Running for Office?" by @SuSchwarz and @aecoppock is now available on the JOP Blog! #PoliSciResearch .
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❗️In the latest @The_JOP blog post, Holger L. Kern & Georg Vanberg demonstrate that accused Nazi criminals who were charged in courts staffed with a greater proportion of tainted judges had substantially higher odds of escaping conviction. Read more⬇️
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❓Do political actors appeal to discrete emotions? In this recent @the_JOP blog piece, @TobiasWidmann investigates how politicians adapt their emotional rhetoric to increased political conflict over climate change⬇️
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❓Do citizens enforce accountability for public goods provision? In the latest @the_JOP blog post, @goyal_tanushree investigates voter responsiveness to the world’s largest rural roads program in India. Read more ⬇️
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🚨BLOG POST ALERT🚨 "Machine Learning for Small-Area Survey Measures" By Broniecki, @LucasLeemann, and @retowuest is now available on @The_JOP Blog! #PoliSciResearch.
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"Under what conditions do dictators share power, rather than marginalize challengers?" @jackpaine_prof provides answers in the latest @The_JOP blog piece, based on his forthcoming article in our April 2022 issue.⬇️.
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❗️"Propaganda that sells" - In this @the_JOP blog piece, @AntonShirikov develops a new understanding of authoritarian propaganda that helps explain the popularity of state media in consolidated autocratic regimes such as Russia. Find out more ⬇️
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In the July 2019 issue of the JOP, we published a Race and Law Enforcement Symposium. Six articles on various aspect of race and policing. Titles appear below. Here's a link to the issue:
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From our upcoming issue: "The “Odd Party Out” Theory of Certiorari" by Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton (@adamschilton), and Maya Sen (@maya_sen ).
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The Just Accepted will feature "pre-prints" -- papers accepted by the JOP, but still in their word or TeX form, with a header across the top indicating the DOI. This will allow us to get journal-accepted work "out there" quicker than we have in the past.
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How does philanthropic public good provision affect inequalities in access to services across ethnic and social groups? @aslicansunar (@UniofOxford) uses data of the Ottoman Empire´s waqf system to find out. Just Accepted by the JOP #waqfs #elites.A🧵⬇️.
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⁉️ Do residency requirements change bureaucratic performance? Drawing from an original survey & local archival sources, @payson_julia & @CParinandi hand-collect data on the police residency laws of nearly 800 of the largest municipalities in the U.S. ⬇️
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How does party competition affect political activism? @anselmhager, @johanneshermle, @cp_roth and @LukasHenselEcon conduct a field experiment considering the implications of increased party competition on canvassing behavior. Just Accepted by the #JOP .
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The format is designed to minimize publication bias (overrepresenting clean, positive or spectacular results) and reporting bias (of findings that match researcher preferences) while allowing the flexibility to conduct unregistered analyses and report serendipitous findings. 4/11.
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🚨Effective public goods provision relies on coproduction by citizens & government. Search costs can hinder this. @MatthewJNanes, @NicoRavanilla & @DotanHaim experimentally evaluate search costs in a rural, conflict-affected province of the Philippines⬇️
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Thank you for the numerous attendance at our first workshop for prospective authors of #RegisteredReports yesterday!.Special thanks to @chrisdc77, @bnbakker and our RR editor @Kunkakom 👏.The workshop slides and recording will be available online soon. More information in the 🧵.
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Another APSA Award winning JOP paper! Congrats to @cescamat, @boixserra, @jordimunozm and @tonirodon, who show that the voter turnout in Barcelona in the 1930s was driven by political parties and trade unions´ organizational capacity. #bestarticle #APSA.
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📢 The populist backlash against international organizations (IOs) is well known, but to what extent & how do populists engage with IOs? @AllieCarnegie, @ProfRickyClark & @KayaOrloff explore these questions in the latest @the_JOP blog post. Learn more⬇️
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📢In the latest @the_JOP blog post, Glen Biglaiser, David Lektzian & Kelan (Lilly) Lu investigate the effects of US sanctions on Chinese public & private overseas foreign direct investment (FDI), using data for 112 developing countries from 2005 to 2015⬇️
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Climate migrants occupy an intermediate place in the public view. @sabrinabarias and @Chris_W_Blair (both @PoliticsAtPenn) use a conjoint experiment to support this claim and explore policy consequences. Just Accepted by #JOP #migrationattitudes #empathy.
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❓Is diversifying groups enough for minority views to shape decisions? @ProfKarpo, @TMendelberg, @elizabethmelder & David Ribar examine whether more racially diverse groups make decisions that better reflect the views of racial minority group members. ⬇️
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.Their ideology plays a role when appellate judges rule on decisions of trial court judges. However, interpersonal relationships are even more important. Read the new #JOP blogpost by @mjnelson7 @HazeltonPhDJD and Rachael K. Hinkle⬇️.
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❓When deaths rise or the economy collapses, do people blame democracy? Michael Becher, @NLonguetMarx, @VinPons et al. conducted a survey experiment with 22,500 respondents in 12 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic to shed light on this question.🌍⬇️
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From our upcoming issue: "Politicians’ Labor Market Experiences Across Party Families" by Olle Folke (@OlleFolke ), Johanna Rickne (@johannarickne ), and Jan Szulkin.
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⁉️ How does the public view soldiers accountable for murdering & abusing civilians? Niheer Dasandi (@NiheerDasandi) & Neil Mitchell (@ucl) use survey experiments to investigate how the public balances accountability and loyalty. Read more on @The_JOP blog⬇️
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This format may encourage researchers to take risks in ambitious projects. Moreover, the structured process charts a clear, reliable path to publication, reducing uncertainties in academic careers. 3/11.
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For the beginning of #PrideMonth, reread this #JOP paper in which @GabMagni and @AndyReynoldsPU identify the drivers of bias against LGT candidates to improve the representation of marginalized communities. #LGBTQ #pride #representationmatters 🌈.
Lesbian, Gay and Transgender candidates are penalized by voters in Advanced Democracies. @GabMagni and @AndyReynoldsPU conduct survey experiments to assess the levels of and reasons for voter bias. #LGBTQpolitics #PoliSciResearch.Just Accepted by #JOP .
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Diana Da In Lee and @JamesBisbee examine how partisan elite cues, as well as local Covid-19 cases, affect the public's social distancing behavior in the US. While there is a partisan gap, America's response to Covid-19 is more complicated.
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.Does violence incite protests or does it demobilize people from participating?.In the new #JOP blogpost, @ZacharyST @jsjoo3 (both @UCLA ) and Alexander Chan (@Meta ) argue that it depends on the source of the violence and it´s severity.
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📢In this @the_JOP blog post, @macarena_ares, @SiljaHausermann, @MatthiasEnggist & @PinggeraMichael rely on novel survey data from eight West European countries to study horizontal attitudinal constraint in welfare policy preferences. Find out more⬇️
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⁉️ Can access to credit be a substitute for social safety nets? @JonasMarkgraf & 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
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📢New on the @The_JOP blog: Oskari Harjunen (@OHarjunen), Tuukka Saarimaa (@tsaarimaa) & Janne Tukiainen(@JanneTukiainen) study the link between geographic, political representation and geographic distribution of public goods within local jurisdictions ➡️
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❓Does exposure to extreme weather events increase public demands for climate action & support for the Green Party? @hannohilbig & @riazsascha conducted a comprehensive analysis of the political repercussions of the 2021 floods in Germany. @The_JOP Blog📖⬇️
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⁉️ Does job insecurity shape policy preferences? Using a survey experiment, @mec_phd & Andrew Q. Philips find no support for the expectation that the risk of job loss translates into preferences for unemployment insurance policy design.⬇️
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❓How do people change their opinion on civil liberties after a terrorist attack? In this @The_JOP blog piece Mariaelisa Epifanio (@LivUniPol), Marco Giani (@ma_giani) & Ria Ivandic (@RiaIvandic) study public reactions after the London bombings in 2005⬇️
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We are so happy that over 600 scholars have already agreed to review registered reports - in one day! Thank you for your interest and we will swiftly answer emails asking for assistance with EM!.To sign up:
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❓Why are subnational performance assessments (SPAs) not working in practice? In this @The_JOP blog piece, @deandulay & Edmund Malesky (@DukePoliSci) show that facilitation workshops may substantially enhance the effectiveness of SPAs on policy making ⬇️
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.Check out the new blogpost “I´m Speaking! Interruptions in Legislative Speeches and Women´s Strategic Behavior“!.@agomezvidal and @svallejovera show how women react strategically when facing #gendered barriers in #legislature ⬇️.
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Eligibility:.In general, various types of observational, experimental, qualitative, or quantitative studies are eligible but some projects are better suited for Registered Reports than others. 5/11
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📣Blog post alert📣"The Missionary Roots of Nationalism" by @mattinglee and @colomct is now online on the JOP blog! .#PoliSciResearch #JOP #blogpost.
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Mike Albertus (@mikealbertus) shows that the voters hold authoritarian successors and their ideologies accountable for their past records, even decades later as in the case of post-Franco Spain. Discover more ⬇️.#PoliSciResearch.
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New "short articles" section in @JOP_Ed to promote replication, discourage prioritization of stat. significance:
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Manuscripts will be handled by the Special Associate Editor on Registered Reports, @kunkakom, together with an Associate Editor with expertise in the respective field. 10/11.
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Another great news from @The_JOP. We are thrilled to have @ShareceThrower from @VandyPoliSci on board as an Associate Editor. She will be offering her expertise in American Politics & Institutions, also in judicial politics. #JOP #PoliSciResearch.
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⁉️ How does the presence of others affect survey responses on ethnic politics? @MalikMashail & @NiloSiddiqui examine whether third party presence shaped responses to a range of questions about ethnic voting & discrimination. Read more @The_JOP Blog⬇️
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📢New on the @the_JOP Blog: "The Benefits of Being Neighbors with a Local Politician". @OlleFolke, Linna Martén, @johannarickne and @MatzDahlberg study the political economy of local politicians’ residential neighborhoods. Find out more 📖⬇️
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Specifically, RR submissions must analyze data the authors have not yet observed but for which the anticipated structure of the data is sufficiently clear to specify in advance a detailed analysis plan. 6/11
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.Party communication is not only prospective, as often assumed. In the new #JOP blogpost, @ste_mueller demonstrates the importance of the temporal focus in political campaign analysis. #partycompetition #polisciresearch.Read it here⬇️.
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.@guygrossman, Yotam Margalit (@TelAvivUni) and @TamarMitts analyze the electoral power the ultrarich can exert through #media ownership at the example of Israel. Check out the new JOP blogpost now! ⬇️.#polisciresearch #IsraelHayom .
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Check out our first blog post "Ballot order effects may not be driven by voters alone" by @saadgulzar, @nosnibor_mot, and @nelson_ruizg at ! #JOP #PoliSciResearch.
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🚨BLOGPOST ALERT🚨.Legislative majorities do not always take as many #committee seats as they can possibly get. @TessaProvins Nathan Monroe (@UCMercedPoliSci ) and @DavidFortunato explain why in a new #JOP blog post ⬇️ #polisciresearch #legislature.
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