Index Investing is Weakening Market Discipline in Developing World Bond Markets
The rise of index investment in sovereign bond markets has shifted decision making from investors to index providers and weakened…
Category: JOP Blogpost
The Surprising Stability of Asian Americans´ and Latinos´ Partisan Identities in the Early Trump Era
The above illustration is a work by Hanifa Abdul Hameed,created for a Vox article. America’s changing racial demographics raise new…
Where Do We Put Unwanted Things When Everyone Has a Seat at the Table?
How do local electoral rules shape the provision of collective goods, specifically things society needs but few people want nearby?…
Which Feelings Make Us Vote? It’s Not What You Think
Feelings play a crucial role in motivating people to act, and this includes political action. Emotions like anger and enthusiasm…
Compulsory Voting Diminishes the Relationship Between Winning and Satisfaction With Democracy
Compulsory voting is used in over two dozen countries and regions. Chile recently reinstated mandatory voting after just over a…
Distributing “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards
To put it mildly, government wouldn’t work very well if people didn’t have to obey the laws they oppose. And…
On the Importance of Independent Evidence: A Reply to Graham et al.
Do college football games influence U.S. elections? Healy, Malhotra, and Mo (2010) found that college football outcomes are correlated with…
Official start of Registered Reports
From today on through September 2023 the Journal of Politics offers a new article type: Registered Reports. A Registered Report…
Editorial Insights: Registered Reports
We introduce Registered Reports as a new article format at the Journal of Politics. A Registered Report is a form…
Is Political Liberalism Antidemocratic?
Imagine that you live next to a beautiful forest. When you look at it, you feel a deep––almost spiritual––connection to…