New research with my excellent coauthor, Tonya Dodez. We examine when economic downturns lead to challenger party success - and when they don’t.

"Polity Size and the Congested Budget: Evidence from Italian Municipalities" by Luca Bellodi and Massimo Morelli. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Social scientists: How is generative AI changing how we produce knowledge? The JOP Blog launches a new AI Forum—a space for reflection, debate, and sharing. Join us: ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/cate... Want to contribute? Read our submission guide: ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/ai-f...

Welfare politics is about who gets what 🎁😌 @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social & Timothy Hellwig find evidence from Europe which shows economic security shapes welfare preferences, linking policy design directly to voter approval and electoral incentives

New research with Lawrence Ezrow and Werner Krause in @wepsocial.bsky.social We show that more extreme governments are more likely to deliver policy solely to their supporters

"Do Voters Respond to the Economy or to News Reporting on the Economy? A Mediation Analysis" by Mark A. Kayser and Michael Peress. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"Women and the Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Engagement in Unified Germany" by Catherine E. De Vries and Diana Z. O’Brien. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The January issue of WP is online! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56279 Read articles from Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social, & @aliz-toth.bsky.social; Tim Vlandas; Tomothy Hellwig & Tonya K. Dodez; @davevitto.bsky.social, Sébastien Rojon, & @jbpilet.bsky.social; and Handi Li. #autocracy #democracy

in this piece in @ejprjournal.bsky.social @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social and I show how considering how social policy change registered on different constituencies can help us understand whether policy expansion benefits sitting governments.