Alphabet Soup: Randomized Ballot Order and the Representation of Marginalized Candidates
Ballot order has the power to shape electoral outcomes: even when randomly assigned, candidates listed first receive more votes.
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The Impact of Advanced AI Systems on Democracy
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems capable of generating humanlike text and multimodal content are now widely available. Here we ask what impact this will have on the democratic process.
Lessons for Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers from the Great Recession and the COVID Recession
This paper simulates economic developments as if the discretionary fiscal stimulus enacted in the past two recessions had not occurred and additional automatic fiscal stabilizers had been deployed ins
Are MAGA Voters Rational?
Since the study of economics relies on the assumption that people largely act in their rational self-interest, when people vote otherwise, economists are likely to blame faulty or missing information.
Funding the Growth Machine: The Effects of Municipal Campaign Contributions on Housing Policy Outcomes
Money in politics is the subject of great debate at every level of government, yet it has principally been studied at the federal level in the U.S.
The Effects of a Place-Based Intervention on Resident Reporting of Crime and Service Needs: A Frontier Matching Approach
Prior research has found that reporting of crime incidents and service needs remain low in many U.S. cities.
Summers Says This Is an 'Unprecedented Time' for the Fed
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says this is an unprecedented time for the Federal Reserve. He says it's become more politicized.
Depression, Populism, and Presidential Approval
Is there a relationship between depression and political evaluations?
Durable Majority Gerrymanders: Where Partisan Gerrymandering can Displace Democracy
We develop the concept of, and estimation tools for, durable majority gerrymanders: electoral district maps drawn to reduce an opposing political party’s probability of winning a majority in a legisla
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology.
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