Political instability, state capacity and climate change in ancient times
Laura Mayoral and Ola Olsson explore early state development using Ancient Egypt as a laboratory.
Topic Archive: Political Economy
The Politics of Distraction: Evidence of strategic timing from presidential executive orders
Ruben Durante and Milena Djourelova find that executive orders likely to generate negative publicity tend to be issued on the eve of days when other important events distract the media and the public.
Beyond the Bill: Voter Turnout and the Value of Abstention Fines
Mariella Gonzales, Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta and Luis R. Martinez investigate the causal effect of a fine for electoral abstention on different margins of voter responses in Peru.
Digitalization: Not so disruptive after all
Aina Gallego, Thomas Kurer and Nikolas Schöll empirically analyze the political consequences of digitalization.
