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Together with Patricia Justino, Andrea Ruggeri and Stefano Costalli, we analyze the long-term effects of fascist legacies on political violence during the Years of Lead. Out in Comparative Political Studies. Turing Public Policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

New Online: C. Chang and Yuhua Wang present a novel approach to measuring infraestructural state capacity using data from location-based service companies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

New online: Jakob Frizell introduces a a new dataset on contemporary war-related taxes and analyses the roles of legitimacy perceptions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

1/5 Mi artículo en Comparative Political Studies ya está en línea. Mi artículo, basado en el caso de Guatemala, explora cómo la capacidad técnica en burocracias capturadas puede promover la corrupción. El texto completo (en inglés) está aquí: tinyurl.com/z3z69b6v

Happy that our paper ‘Separated by Degrees: Social Closure by Education Levels Strengthens Contemporary Political Divides’ with Jonne Kamphorst ) has been accepted for publication at Comparative Political Studies. See (osf.io/preprints/osf/…), and a thread below! (1/9)

How do parties strategically engage with strict gender quotas? In a new paper with Alexandra Blackman and Julia Clark at Comparative Political Studies, we explore this question in Tunisia's historic 2018 local elections. A short thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

New article with Melina Platas published #openaccess Comparative Political Studies: “National Identity and Democracy Ratings” journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… - here's a short🧵with some of our findings 1/

Why did the Ben Ali regime collapse so swiftly on January 14, 2011? In my new Comparative Political Studies piece, I argue that the fall of the Tunisian regime–the first one to collapse during the Arab Uprising–was just one of several possible outcomes of the turmoil 👇👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

This dataset on education systems across 157 countries & 230+ yrs required lots of effort (thanks co-authors, great RAs & many others!) and € (thanks European Research Council (ERC)!). But, so happy w. the result! Check out the Comparative Political Studies article, but also the data & documentation (in thread):

I didn't know that #PoliticalScience articles could be #trending, but I am pleased to learn that my new Comparative Political Studies piece on the collapse of the Ben Ali dictatorship seems to draw interest. It's available open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

New article with Dani Sandu out in Comparative Political Studies Using Romanian data, we study whether contact between activists acting as party delegates in precincts on election day reduces affective polarization. doi.org/10.1177/001041…

Thrilled to announce that Anil Menon's paper "The Political Legacy of Forced Migration: Evidence from Post-WWII Germany" has been awarded the Frances Rosenbluth Best Paper Prize for 2023 in CPS! 🏆 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Thrilled to announce that "Does Right-Wing Violence Affect Public Support for Radical Right Parties? Evidence from Germany" by Werner Krause and Miku Matsunaga has been awarded the James Caporaso Prize for best paper published in CPS in 2023. 🏆 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

How economic institutions affect voter's responses to rising housing prices? Reisenbichler & Koenig present experimental evidence from Germany. New Online:…ls-sagepub-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10.11…

Does the public support the use of lotteries to allocate public resources? Bueno, Funes, and Zucco provide novel quasi-experimental and observational evidence. New Online: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Which mechanisms underpin the relation between market expansion and criminal activity? Erickson and Owen address this question with a multi-method approach to Mexico's avocado industry New online:journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

How can support for democracy coexist with lack of punishment for backsliding initiatives? Vicente Valentim shows that social norms incentivize citizens to pretend opposition to illiberal actors. New Online: …ls-sagepub-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10.11…

Does proportionality increase voter turnout? Leveraging the asymmetrical implementation of the 1912 Argentine electoral reform, Valentin Figueroa shows an immediate four percentage point increase in turnout. New Online: …ls-sagepub-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10.11…

Can populist discourse explain support for executive aggrandizement? B. Bessen presents experimental and observational evidence from Latin America. New Online: …ls-sagepub-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10.11…

What affects support for digital governance policies? Karpa & Rochlitz present experimental evidence and find that awareness of potential misuse of digital governance tools by the government reduces support across regimes. New Online: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…