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Nov 18, 2020
Weaver, Julie Anne, 2020, "Electoral Dis-connection: The Limits of Accountability in Weak Institutional Environments", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WX3N9M, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:Vgov6Bt6pTCIk39uZtf2uw== [fileUNF]
Conventional academic wisdom holds that the “carrot and stick" of re-election helps voters reign in poorly performing politicians. Empirical research suggests, however, that achieving electoral accountability is harder in practice than in theory. Electoral accountability requires what Mayhew (1974) famously called the electoral connection: what lin... |
Nov 18, 2020
Romney, David, 2020, "Replication Data for: Essays on Intragroup Processes in Intergroup Relations", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B3CVRG, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This dissertation studies the intragroup dynamics that guide the intergroup behavior and attitudes of groups in tension. The first essay develops a categorization for peacebuilding interventions and a theory of intragroup interventions. This essay presents an argument for why intragroup interventions have the potential to build peace in contexts wh... |
Dec 10, 2019
Mabud, Rakeen, 2019, "Replication Data for: Appreciating Housing: The Role of Housing in Politics", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JX22HP, Harvard Dataverse, V1
While the economic implications of housing have been examined extensively, surprisingly limited attention has been devoted to how the housing market impacts politics. My dissertation is a three paper compilation that addresses the relationship between housing and politics. Taken together, this dissertation traces through the ways in which housing p... |
Dec 10, 2019
Schneer, Benjamin, 2019, "Replication Data for: How Electoral Institutions Shape Citizen Participation and Legislative Behavior", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OIQA8Y, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:/z6ot8NdnKpq938s5kpBjg== [fileUNF]
The electoral system is often treated as fixed, but throughout U.S. history significant changes in electoral institutions, or in political conditions dictated by electoral institutions, make it possible to identify more precisely the role that the electoral system plays in the democratic process. This dissertation examines three related questions,... |
Dec 10, 2019
Marshall, John, 2019, "Replication Data for: Information Consumption and Electoral Accountability in Mexico", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RPDFO1, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:4UBhN7/qG5CUNcjo6AYNxw== [fileUNF]
Electoral accountability rests on voters re-electing high-performing and removing low-performing incumbents. However, voters in many developing contexts are poorly informed about incumbent performance, particularly of local politicians. This dissertation asks: how do voters in low-information environments hold local governments to account for their... |
Dec 10, 2019
Creamer, Cosette, 2019, "Dilemmas of Delegation: The Politics of Authority in International Courts", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GYIS2O, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:cA5ALFrhYIX7fZtkuI4l4g== [fileUNF]
One of the most enduring questions for the study of politics relates to what, if any, independent power international institutions have to affect the behavior of sovereign states. This dissertation addresses this question by examining the politics underlying one supranational judicial body’s exercise of authority—the World Trade Organization’s (WTO... |
Dec 10, 2019
Cho, Joan, 2019, "Replication Data for: The Dictator's Modernity Dilemma: Theory and Evidence from South Korea", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YQ2HFG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ULHQ5olXMliVaEKFVd6uiQ== [fileUNF]
Under what conditions are political institutions more or less effective at neutralizing opposition forces? To date, political scientists have generated conflicting evidence about the effects of economic development and political institutions on democratization. I argue that the co-opting effect of institutions depends on the strength of opposition... |
Dec 10, 2019
White, Ariel, 2019, "Replication Data for: Voter Behavior in the Wake of Punitive Policies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A7JU1V, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This package contains the main datasets used in the second and third papers of Ariel White's dissertation. However, please note that they are almost certainly out of date: as these papers are published, individual replication packages will be published in my personal dataverse, and these will include the full replication code as well as current ver... |
Dec 10, 2019
Weeks, Ana Catalano, 2019, "Replication Data for: Identity and Policymaking: The Policy Impact of Gender Quota Laws", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0XDYNK, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:AdbOwt9NKtswAPRNdhMQBg== [fileUNF]
Replication data for my dissertation, "Identity and Policymaking: The Policy Impact of Gender Quota Laws". Data and code are organized separately by chapter. Abstract: Does politician identity matter to policy outcomes? Political scientists tend to be skeptical of the idea because of the strong role of electoral incentives. Yet the argument for gre... |
Dec 10, 2019
Luna, Joseph, 2019, "Replication Data for: Political Finance in Developing States", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FGJYU3, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:jXtvhu+Y2EBhp5Di4RfeNQ== [fileUNF]
In developing countries, political activities are expensive. During campaigns, candidates and parties incur the costs of hiring sta↵, advertising, traveling and potentially buying votes. Between elections, citizens exert pressure to receive private benefits. Little is known, however, about how candidates and parties actually raise funds. These cand... |
