Events

Title: Eyes on the Street: Mass Transit and Women's Safety in Public Spaces

Title: Political Competition, Migration, and the Quality of Governance in Cities
Authors: Sean Gailmard, John Patty, Christopher Berry
Abstract: Both electoral competition within jurisdictions and geographical competition between them are capable of forcing political representatives to act in the interest of voters. How do these forms of competition interact to affect the quality of governance? We investigate this question theoretically. The model posits that local officials provide governance quality to compete for residents against other jurisdictions, and for votes against other candidates in their jurisdiction. Further, some voters are moderates: they value governance quality but not partisanship of officials. Others are partisans: they value both governance quality and the partisanship of officials. The analysis reveals that geographical and electoral competition can interact to undermine the quality of governance. When partisan representatives govern poorly, voters migrate out. The remaining electorate is both smaller and more partisan. This weakens incentives of political challengers to run for office, thereby promoting incumbents' electoral security.

Title: Failure to Launch: The impact of major party candidate dropout

Title: Fear, Anger, and the Price of Risk.

Title: Granular Instrumental Variables in Large Panels: Identification and Inference Across Strong, Nearly Weak, and Weak GIV

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Title: Media Gravity: The Production and Political Effect of Watchdog Journalism in China

Abstract: This paper examines the provision and accountability effects of watchdog journalism in China. Based on the coverage of over 2000 highly visible events by 120 general-interest newspapers during 2001-2020, we document that Chinese local newspapers report more negatively on adverse events outside their jurisdictions, and this negative reporting is more intensive where the home market size is larger and where the political barriers in the event source cities are lower. This outside watchdog journalism significantly pressures local governments to reduce corruption, increase responsiveness to citizen complaints, and improve fiscal allocation towards public services. Our findings are consistent with a spatial model of media capture, where the divergence of economic benefit and political control drives investigative reporting and jurisdictional spillover improves local accountability. We derive and estimate a production-location media gravity equation such that investigative journalism is generated from strong economic markets and targets regions with weak political links.

Title: The Supply Component of Monetary Policy Surprises.

Title: The Cultural Premium and Attitudes to Immigrants.

Title: Paying to be Paid Early: Debt Bondage in India's Brick Kilns.

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Title: Selective Turnout, Voting Policy, and Partisan Bias: Evidence from Multi-Level Data

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Title: Can hate speech be banned online? The effects of shutting down toxic forums on Reddit.

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Title: Battles and Spoils: Evidence from the British Museum.

Title: Brainrot? The Effect Of Short-Form Content on Long-Form Attention.

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