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If you'd like feedback on a project focused on South Asia, please consider applying to our one-day pre-EPSA workshop. Or just come discuss a paper/chair. Deadline March 1st. shorturl.at/81TLk

Pair this blog with Jishnu Das's blog on measurement error and program design from last year. linkedin.com/posts/jishnuda…

Can political representation boost forest conservation? Last month on VoxDev, Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار (Princeton Politics Princeton School of Public & International Affairs), apoorva.lal & @bjpasquale explored how decentralising power in India impacted forest conservation: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

🧵 Who enters politics? Are politicians different from the general population? In our JEEA paper (Markus Jokela, Janne Tukiainen, Åsa von Schoultz), we study Finnish politicians’ cognitive and personality traits using military conscription test data. 📊 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-a…

Check out this VoxDev writeup of my recently accepted paper on infrastructure, institutions, and biodiversity conservation! VoxDev

We are hiring a postdoc in climate politics. The postdoc would be working with me and others on a global effort to collect high-frequency data on adaptation to climate events. Apply or reach out with any questions! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02926

🧵 How do criminal organizations expand to strong states? My paper in Journal of Politics @[email protected] explains how mafias successfully moved to Northern Italy—by striking deals with local actors and exploiting migrant labor. Thread: ⬇️

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946! From Vincent Pons, Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet. The companion paper: restud.com/electoral-turn… #EconSky #Elections

In-depth SourceMaterial & BBC News (World) story out today: Why is the UK dumping millions of waste tyres in India, where they are often burnt at unsafe, highly polluting pyrolysis plants? Read the story I worked on with the tenacious Jess Staufenberg: source-material.org/waste-tyre-pyr…

Happy my JMP is (finally) coming out! The review process at JAERE improved the paper a lot. Thanks to all who helps see this project through.

Our paper on ingroup bias in the Indian judiciary — we didn't find any — is finally out! This paper has one of the two best graphs I've ever made — on publication bias in the judicial bias literature. Black circles are prior studies on ingroup bias. Explanation in 🧵👇🏻

📌 Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference 📌 We (Brian Knight) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics. Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJyJ…

Poli sci journal editorial boards be like…

Rodrigo Carril Giacomo Brusco Malka Guillot Wayne Sandholtz Julia Cage Eva Davoine Gianmarco Daniele Alessandra Moresi Barcelona School of Economics Théo Valentin Fabrizio Santoro S Galletta Rebecca De Simone Willem Sas Audinga Baltrunaite Then Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار showing us extremely fascinating evidence on how colombian mayors reward campaign contributors with procurement contracts, and how strenghtened monitoring can change their behavior

Just published on APSR First View: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, HORACIO LARREGUY (Horacio Larreguy), and JORGE MANGONNET (Jorge Mangonnet) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Strengthening bureaucrat incentives can curb crop burning and save lives in India and Pakistan Last week on VoxDev w/ Gemma Dipoppa (Columbia University Political Science) & Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار (Keough School of Global Affairs): voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

Does planting trees reduce the health impacts of extreme heat? As part of a review/meta-analysis we're writing, I think the answer, perhaps surprisingly, is "we don't actually know". Blog link in next post, with short 🧵

on.ft.com/4ffKLOH How BYD caught up with Tesla in the global EV race