Political Science Research and Methods: The journal of #EPSA (European Political Science Association), edited by John Griffin (@griffin_j_d), published by CUP
🗳️ Do multiple vote ballots increase women’s representation?
➡️ Using a survey experiment, @YoshikuniOno H. Miwa & Y. Kasuya show multiple vote ballots encourage more gender balanced voting, though men retain an overall advantage cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🎲 Do political lotteries change how legislators vote?
➡️ Studying 19th century Belgium, @BVanCoppenolle, J. De Rongé & S. Riegger show random committee assignments affected legislators' likelihood of rebelling against party majorities cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
⚖️ Does electoral uncertainty make governments short sighted?
➡️ Using Swedish local data, @axelcronert & @parnyman show electoral competition moderates tax policy, but find little evidence of policy myopia cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🏛️ Does women's representation shape perceived fairness of decisions?
➡️ Using a survey experiment, V. Reidinger, @LucasLeemann & J. Slapin show effects vary by policy type, sometimes reducing fairness perceptions when women are overrepresented cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
⚖️ Do major campaign scandals change voters’ minds?
➡️ @lockhartm G. Huber, A. Gerber, J. Walker II show Donald Trump’s felony conviction had virtually no effect on his supporters, while common survey methods produce conflicting estimates cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
💰 Do community donations reduce support for paying taxes?
➡️ Using a survey experiment in Kenya, @CeciliaAhsan@EllenMLust & A. Oguso show community donations lower tax compliance attitudes, while public goods increase support for taxes cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🇸🇪 Does far right entry into local politics affect minority representation?
➡️ Using an RDD, M Grahn & S Turnbull-Dugarte show far right entry reduced immigrant candidates on the right, while left parties increased immigrant recruitment cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
💍 Do interethnic marriages measure social cohesion?
➡️ Using census data from Zambia, @DanielNPosner introduces a new approach showing intermarriage estimates change once local exposure to outgroup members is considered cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
📰 Do the effects of partisan media fade quickly or accumulate over time?
➡️ Using multiwave experiments, M Baum et al. show a single exposure can have effects lasting up to a week, while cumulative effects are hard to detect cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🌍 Why do not all immigrant groups support progressive parties?
➡️ Using European surveys, @korinlind & @AntValentim show immigrants from established democracies are more likely to back green parties than those from (post-)authoritarian regimes cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🏙️ Do district-based elections change who gets elected locally?
➡️ Studying California's recent shift, M Cushing-Daniels, D Jones & B Shannon show they increased representation from lower-income areas and reduced business influence cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
💬 How can we measure inter party communication?
➡️ Using a transformer based approach, A Adendorf et al. classify how parties talk about rivals (positive-negative), with applications to coalition signals in Germany and campaigning in Austria cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
🏛️ Why would an authoritarian state not enforce its own policies?
➡️ Studying China’s social insurance system, @haozhang328 & @zhangye68 find that promotion incentives and competition lead local officials to tolerate firm payroll tax evasion cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView
📞 What motivates participation in consultative events?
➡️ In a field trial with Australian voters, W Minozzi, @MichaelNeblo & @ALeighMP show that generic invites increased uptake, while some framed messages kept participants on the call longer cambridge.org/core/journals/…#FirstView