November's JOP Article of the Month explores the relationship between democracy and antitrust policy, finding that strong antitrust policies advance the economic and political interests of most citizens. #JOP #PoliticalScience #GenderPolitics #Germany #PoliticalEngagement

Are you looking to cultivate a healthier relationship with the creative process—both in academic research and beyond? I highly recommend checking out @catherinedevries.bsky.social's reflections and practical advice here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...

🚨New paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Torben Iversen: doi.org/10.1177/0010... We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵

Very happy to see that my paper with Ken Scheve and @stasavage.bsky.social is online! it's about democracy, inequality and antitrust: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Curious about how public service delivery fuels far-right support? Don’t miss this 🧵 by the best ERC PI @catherinedevries.bsky.social on our newly published article in @ajpseditor.bsky.social! 👇 And follow my amazing co-authors @marcocappelluti.bsky.social & @paularettl.bsky.social

Incredibly proud to share that our paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @paularettl.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social has been published in @ajpseditor.bsky.social! We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇

#Polisky 🗂️ Call for papers Bocconi University-Columbia Universiy Conference on Political, Social, & Economic Inequality 🔄 Yearly occurring conference, inaugural conference at Bocconi, June 19-20, 2025. 📆 Deadline: December 31, 2024 ℹ️ 500 words abstract form: accounts.google.com/v3/signin/id...

I am so excited that our paper on how public service deprivation helps to explain the success of the far right in Italy is now out @ajpseditor.bsky.social! cc @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @marcocappelluti.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social.

Thank you so much @draliceevans.bsky.social for such a careful and insightful engagement with our work!

Our piece focus in perceptions of humanness of social media content. We use pair-wise models to compare platform and AI-generated content. We find: - humans can in general separate real platform from AI content - human rely on emotional cues to identify AI vs Human content

Our paper on how reduced access to public services (public service deprivation) increases electoral support for the far is forthcoming at @ajpseditor.bsky.social.

We have a new WP on the effect of increasing female labor market participation on gender attitudes. See the thread below!

Very happy to share that my paper has been published in @iojournal.bsky.social! I argue that outsourcing public judicial services to transnational, private actors can harm domestic legal development. Thanks so much to everyone who gave me feedback and support! doi.org/10.1017/S002...

2/6 🧵WP by @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social & De Vries on effect of public services on far right support in 🇮🇹 exploiting a policy that reduced provision in small towns. Diff in diff estimates show more far right support. shorturl.at/AGH15

There will be many important elections in Europe next year, what can we learn from the recent results in the Netherlands? My take (feat. recent poli sci research, incl that of @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social & yours truly) on.ft.com/46GsPqx

PSJMInfo ; Polisky - pls share widely.

Applications for Roberto Franceschi research grants open until 15 December: 6,000 euros to finance data collection on poverty, inequality and social distress. MSc and PhD students in Lombardy (and all PhD students who got their MSc in Lombardy) can apply www.fondfranceschi.it/notizie/fond...

⚠️New WP alert⚠️ With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us! HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2 OSF: osf.io/5s2cu