Fear to Vote: Explosions, Salience, and Elections

Criminal groups use violence strategically to manipulate the behavior of victims and bystanders. At the same time, violence is a stimulus that causes fear, which […]

Sending peace home?! The effect of political favoritism on conflict

Bringing the model by Choi (2014) to a spatial context, we investigate and assess the link between political favoritism and internal conflict. In particular, we […]

Economic Conditions and the Rise of Anti-Democratic Extremism

This paper provides evidence that adverse economic conditions contributed to the rise of anti-democratic extremism in the United States. A state-level analysis shows that increases […]

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