Lucy Martin
@lucy_es_martin
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Associate Professor of Political Science at UNC - Chapel Hill. Political economy of development, taxation, political accountability, experiments.
Joined January 2013
Very happy to announce that Strategic Taxation is a co-winner of the 2024 William Riker Award for best book in Political Economy! . Thanks to the committee and the APSA Political Economy section -- and congrats to co-winner @noahlnathan.
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RT @GAIN_Network_: Registrations to become a GAIN mentor are now open!. GAIN mentors are assigned to help guide a mentee one-on-one through….
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RT @DidacQueralt: Today @lucy_es_martin presented her phenomenal new book Strategic Taxation. @piaraffler Jessica Gottlieb and I commented….
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RT @EGAPTweets: There's still time to *REGISTER* for our next COVID-19 Governance Series event -- "Impact of the pandemic on Ghana's 2020 e….
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Hey academic twitter: looking to update my African Politics syllabus section on the independence period through 1980s. What are your favorite readings for undergrads, especially pieces by African writers/academics?.
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RT @GAIN_Network_: We are excited to share that we now recruit mentors for the GAIN 2021 cohort. A chance to make a real difference!. Are y….
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African students & researchers: Interested in grad school in the social sciences? GAIN is now accepting applications for their mentorship program!.
Thrilled to share the call for applications for the next cycle of the GAIN program! . Open to Africans interested in graduate school in economics or related fields. Deadline May 11, info session May 4th. More details here: Please share widely!
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Nice thread using the idea of confounders to explain bias in machine learning algorithms #UNCPoli281.
This thread walks you through a concrete example of how an algorithm can learn racism. It uses some math but only the minimum amount of math possible and has lots of pictures. It is *very* accessible. If that sounds like your thing read on. 🧵👇.
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RT @piaraffler: Amidst everything else that's going on, happy to see @lucy_es_martin's and my paper “Fault Lines: The Effects of Bureaucrat….
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RT @EGAPTweets: Calling all scholars based at sub-Saharan African academic/research institutions: we are now accepting applications for our….
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