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Benjamin A. Lyons , Christina E. Farhart, Michael P. Hall, John Kotcher, Matthew Levendusky, Joanne M. Miller, Brendan Nyhan, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Jason Reifler, Kyle L. Saunders, Rasmus Skytte, and Xiaoquan Zhao Strong attachments to partisan identities can fuel a number outcomes troubling for democracy. These may range from affective polarisation — dislike for the … Read more

Claire Leslie Adida, Adeline Lo, Lauren Prather, and Scott Williamson Refugees are often scapegoated during public health crises. How can refugee advocacy organizations push back effectively? During the COVID-19 pandemic, these organizations have advanced narratives that emphasize refugees’ contribution to fighting the virus. They highlight stories of doctors who first came to the United States … Read more

Chandler Case, Christopher Eddy, Rahul Hemrajani, Christopher Howell, Daniel Lyons, Yu-Hsien Sung, and Elizabeth C. Connors: The health and economic outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic are largely dependent on individual behavior—behavior that can potentially be shaped by the information environment. The pandemic thus highlights the importance of communication: how individuals interpret recommendations from experts matters, … Read more

Jan Sauermann What is the will of the people? What is the meaning of democratic decisions? Social choice theory – the study of the aggregation of individual preferences into a collective choice – seeks answers to such fundamental questions. In the late 18th century, the Marquis de Condorcet applied social choice theory to describe a … Read more

Evan Lieberman and Yang-Yang Zhou Many deeply rooted economic and political factors contribute to the persistence of extreme inequalities around the world. Across the low- and middle-income countries, policies designed to promote human welfare often fail to translate into better development outcomes. For example, following the extension of universal free primary education across several East … Read more

Sam Whitt, Alixandra B. Yanus, Brian McDonald, John Graeber, Mark Setzler, Gordon Ballingrud, and Martin Kifer  Over the past two decades, researchers have turned to behavioral experiments to examine “other regarding preferences” across varying social identity treatments (Fershtman and Gneezy 2001; Jacquemet and l’Haridon. 2018; Bardsley et al 2020). Increasingly, scholars have also found utility … Read more

Jon Kingzette Many people are alarmed at the extent to which Democrats and Republicans dislike each other. Partisan animosities may bias decision making, prevent people from working together to solve important public problems, and generally make life less pleasant due to rancorous interactions with people on the other side—from the Thanksgiving table to PTA meetings … Read more