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Replication Data for: Legacies of Participation: How Civil Society and Petitions Shape Legislative Institutions, Public Policy, and RepresentationEmbargoed Jun 14, 2022 Resch, Tobias, 2027, "Replication Data for: Legacies of Participation: How Civil Society and Petitions Shape Legislative Institutions, Public Policy, and Representation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z550EO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:QpHNKtBe5nqi4zpCe+Tu8Q== [fileUNF] This dissertation explores how mass civil society and political activism have helped shape legislative institutions, public policy, and representation. In each chapter, my coauthors and I leverage newly created datasets to investigate the historical links between mass political behavior, particularly by exercise of the right to petition enshrined i...
Who Built Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National IdentityEmbargoed Jun 14, 2022 Reichert, Matthew, 2027, "Who Built Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National Identity", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4W5KE3, Harvard Dataverse, V1 How can we explain the diversity of ways that nationality has been imagined in multi-national states? Why do some national groups remain loyal to multi-nationalism, while others reject it? When is nationality meaningful to begin with? This project provides such a theory to explain variation in national beliefs in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union...
Replication Data for Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment TitleEmbargoed Jun 14, 2022 Nwakanma, Adaugo Pamela, 2027, "Replication Data for Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment Title", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IDQQV9, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:sRZjduWbfhYQf+hdyRiQ1g== [fileUNF] This dataset contains both observational and experimental data from an original survey conducted in Nigeria in 2021 to support the dissertation: Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment (2022-05-11)
Replication Data for: "When Theology Responds: How Politics Shapes Religious Belief"Embargoed Jun 14, 2022 Lakeman, Amy, 2027, "Replication Data for: "When Theology Responds: How Politics Shapes Religious Belief"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GFG3K8, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Abstract: Scholars and political observers widely recognize that religion affects important political behaviors, including voting choices and policy preferences. Political scientists have also turned in recent years to understanding influence in the other direction, that is, exploring how political stances and attachments influence religious behavi...
Replication Data for: Essays on the Applications of Machine Learning and Causal Inference in American Politics Mar 22, 2022 Kaufman, Aaron, 2019, "Replication Data for: Essays on the Applications of Machine Learning and Causal Inference in American Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BPQ4F4, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:pmyDGrKrP+AkEROUOxj1KQ== [fileUNF] Political science as a field prioritizes causal statements: the effects of governmental policies on societal outcomes, the effects of individual treatments on individual behaviors. Underlying these causal research questions, however, are important measurement problems. Many of the most theoretically important concepts in the field, concepts like re...
Replication Data for: Dissertation TitleTalk Matters: Three Essays on the Strategic Use of Public Speech in Parliamentary Politics Feb 14, 2022 Driscoll, Colleen, 2022, "Replication Data for: Dissertation TitleTalk Matters: Three Essays on the Strategic Use of Public Speech in Parliamentary Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/K8J8IC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:GyvqdRAeew7xGyLZKXXZtw== [fileUNF] Does political speech serve a purpose beyond merely articulating political positions? Until recently, scholars have treated the language politicians use in public – in parliamentary debates, in media appearances, or at campaign rallies – as simply a reflection of the existing power structures and interests in place at any given point in time. Rathe...
Replication Data for: Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy Feb 14, 2022 Rivero, Albert; Olson, Michael, 2022, "Replication Data for: Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZLOGYE, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:1uauSwIQTGHapL6M/CXJpw== [fileUNF] This dataverse contains the replication data for "Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy" by Albert Rivero. As these projects develop, these data will likely be out of date; I will create updated dataverses for these papers as these papers are published. Abstract: This dissertation considers the multiple ways that the hierarchical structure of th...
Replication Data for: Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary Feb 14, 2022 Stone, Andrew; Rogowski, Jon, 2022, "Replication Data for: Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XYRQJW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:99S0Gsd9qdGk9ahTTlQYFg== [fileUNF] This repository contains the quantitative data used in the dissertation "Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary." These datasets will likely become out of date over time. If any paper is subsequently published, I will upload individual replication packages to the appropriate data archive. Please contact me with...
Replication Data for: Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference Feb 14, 2022 Jerzak, Connor, 2022, "Replication Data for: Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JVDYZI, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:DaIjVjm5x4/8xYXaUCpe8Q== [fileUNF] This Dataverse contains all of the quantitative data that upon which the findings in the dissertation, "Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference", depend. "dataverse_readme.txt" contains a readme file with details about the datafiles contained in this Dataverse.
Replication Data for: Taking Flight: Overcoming Challenges in Airport Development Feb 14, 2022 Hopper, Anna, 2022, "Replication Data for: Taking Flight: Overcoming Challenges in Airport Development", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SRULHP, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:yqp1NxgQSiEqJwJO1ob3sQ== [fileUNF] Abstract: How is it possible to overcome the challenges of providing public goods that create significant negative local externalities? Sometimes called ‘public bads,’ these goods are characterized by the combination of dispersed benefits and concentrated costs, which often lead to high levels of civil society resistance. Deciding where to locate t...

Replication Data for: Legacies of Participation: How Civil Society and Petitions Shape Legislative Institutions, Public Policy, and RepresentationEmbargoed

Jun 14, 2022

Resch, Tobias, 2027, "Replication Data for: Legacies of Participation: How Civil Society and Petitions Shape Legislative Institutions, Public Policy, and Representation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z550EO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:QpHNKtBe5nqi4zpCe+Tu8Q== [fileUNF]

This dissertation explores how mass civil society and political activism have helped shape legislative institutions, public policy, and representation. In each chapter, my coauthors and I leverage newly created datasets to investigate the historical links between mass political behavior, particularly by exercise of the right to petition enshrined i...

Who Built Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National IdentityEmbargoed

Jun 14, 2022

Reichert, Matthew, 2027, "Who Built Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National Identity", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4W5KE3, Harvard Dataverse, V1

How can we explain the diversity of ways that nationality has been imagined in multi-national states? Why do some national groups remain loyal to multi-nationalism, while others reject it? When is nationality meaningful to begin with? This project provides such a theory to explain variation in national beliefs in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union...

Replication Data for Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment TitleEmbargoed

Jun 14, 2022

Nwakanma, Adaugo Pamela, 2027, "Replication Data for Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment Title", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IDQQV9, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:sRZjduWbfhYQf+hdyRiQ1g== [fileUNF]

This dataset contains both observational and experimental data from an original survey conducted in Nigeria in 2021 to support the dissertation: Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment (2022-05-11)

Replication Data for: "When Theology Responds: How Politics Shapes Religious Belief"Embargoed

Jun 14, 2022

Lakeman, Amy, 2027, "Replication Data for: "When Theology Responds: How Politics Shapes Religious Belief"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GFG3K8, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Abstract: Scholars and political observers widely recognize that religion affects important political behaviors, including voting choices and policy preferences. Political scientists have also turned in recent years to understanding influence in the other direction, that is, exploring how political stances and attachments influence religious behavi...

Replication Data for: Essays on the Applications of Machine Learning and Causal Inference in American Politics

Mar 22, 2022

Kaufman, Aaron, 2019, "Replication Data for: Essays on the Applications of Machine Learning and Causal Inference in American Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BPQ4F4, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:pmyDGrKrP+AkEROUOxj1KQ== [fileUNF]

Political science as a field prioritizes causal statements: the effects of governmental policies on societal outcomes, the effects of individual treatments on individual behaviors. Underlying these causal research questions, however, are important measurement problems. Many of the most theoretically important concepts in the field, concepts like re...

Replication Data for: Dissertation TitleTalk Matters: Three Essays on the Strategic Use of Public Speech in Parliamentary Politics

Feb 14, 2022

Driscoll, Colleen, 2022, "Replication Data for: Dissertation TitleTalk Matters: Three Essays on the Strategic Use of Public Speech in Parliamentary Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/K8J8IC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:GyvqdRAeew7xGyLZKXXZtw== [fileUNF]

Does political speech serve a purpose beyond merely articulating political positions? Until recently, scholars have treated the language politicians use in public – in parliamentary debates, in media appearances, or at campaign rallies – as simply a reflection of the existing power structures and interests in place at any given point in time. Rathe...

Replication Data for: Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy

Feb 14, 2022

Rivero, Albert; Olson, Michael, 2022, "Replication Data for: Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZLOGYE, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:1uauSwIQTGHapL6M/CXJpw== [fileUNF]

This dataverse contains the replication data for "Essays on the Federal Judicial Hierarchy" by Albert Rivero. As these projects develop, these data will likely be out of date; I will create updated dataverses for these papers as these papers are published. Abstract: This dissertation considers the multiple ways that the hierarchical structure of th...

Replication Data for: Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary

Feb 14, 2022

Stone, Andrew; Rogowski, Jon, 2022, "Replication Data for: Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XYRQJW, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:99S0Gsd9qdGk9ahTTlQYFg== [fileUNF]

This repository contains the quantitative data used in the dissertation "Patterns and Consequences of Elite Politicization of the American Judiciary." These datasets will likely become out of date over time. If any paper is subsequently published, I will upload individual replication packages to the appropriate data archive. Please contact me with...

Replication Data for: Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference

Feb 14, 2022

Jerzak, Connor, 2022, "Replication Data for: Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JVDYZI, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:DaIjVjm5x4/8xYXaUCpe8Q== [fileUNF]

This Dataverse contains all of the quantitative data that upon which the findings in the dissertation, "Political Methodology Tools for Data Linkage, Effect Estimation, and Statistical Inference", depend. "dataverse_readme.txt" contains a readme file with details about the datafiles contained in this Dataverse.

Replication Data for: Taking Flight: Overcoming Challenges in Airport Development

Feb 14, 2022

Hopper, Anna, 2022, "Replication Data for: Taking Flight: Overcoming Challenges in Airport Development", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SRULHP, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:yqp1NxgQSiEqJwJO1ob3sQ== [fileUNF]

Abstract: How is it possible to overcome the challenges of providing public goods that create significant negative local externalities? Sometimes called ‘public bads,’ these goods are characterized by the combination of dispersed benefits and concentrated costs, which often lead to high levels of civil society resistance. Deciding where to locate t...

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