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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · 23d

My paper "Voter Information and Distributive Politics" has been accepted for publication at the AEJ: Micro 🥳 Ungated version here: osf.io/preprints/so...

Voter Information and Distributive Politics
Benjamin Blumenthal
Abstract
Does more information benefit voters? I examine this question in a novel setting of distributive politics and electoral accountability. Homogeneously-informed electorates can benefit from less information through improvements in the control or screening of politicians. For heterogeneously-informed electorates, I show that the distribution of resources and voter welfare is affected by the nature of informational heterogeneity and by voters’ ability to communicate with each other. When communication is impossible, less-informed voters can be better off than more-informed voters.

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Giovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · 3d

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Call for papers in the formal theory section at EPSS 2026 @epssnet.bsky.social.

Call for papers is open: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We welcome individual and panel submissions on all substantive areas of political science!

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · 21d

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 21d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Voter Information and Distributive Politics" by Benjamin Blumenthal. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Voter Information and Distributive Politics

(Forthcoming Article) - Does more information benefit voters? I examine this question in a novel setting of distributive politics and electoral accountability. Homogeneously-informed electorates can b...

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · 22d

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · 23d

My paper "Voter Information and Distributive Politics" has been accepted for publication at the AEJ: Micro 🥳 Ungated version here: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Aug 21

thankfully, papers from PE experts never make this mistake. right?

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Aug 9

brb, putting in my response to referees

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Aug 6

excellent point

The more subtle problem, however, is that this is a theory of democracy as the provision of information about what the public thinks, more than it is a theory of democracy as decision making. Pitkin again:

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Federico Trombetta @icotrombetta.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · Jul 29

FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jul 28

as theorists, do we even know what an exchange rate is?

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jul 24

looks interesting! I tried it and two of the top 3 comments are about purported inconsistent notation, when the problem comes from refine reading lower case kappas as k.

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Ian Turner @ianrturner.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨 New paper with Jie Ma and @keithschnak.bsky.social: Democratic Accountability with Citizen Coproduction

As always: read it, cite it, love it!

Link: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jul 10

Wow, so it’s really accurately doing our job 😅

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NBER @nber.org · Jun 23

A survey of advances in modeling cultural transmission in economics and how these models differ conceptually from those employed in evolutionary anthropology, from @albertobisin.bsky.social and Thierry Verdier https://www.nber.org/papers/w33928

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 27

the EPSA/EPSS war 😔

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 25

big staircase too

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 17

can't use it in coding if not coding 🥸

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Caroline Le Pennec @clpennec.bsky.social · Jun 16

This recent EJ Virtual Issue on Accountability and Electoral Selection features my (not-so-recent) JMP. A great opportunity to revisit an old thread!

Royal Economic Society @resmedia.bsky.social · Jun 16

📢 EJ Virtual Issue: Accountability and Electoral Selection is now live. Free to read for a limited time! 🗳️

Featuring 11 key papers + intro by Editor Amanda Friedenberg, this issue explores the challenges of holding politicians accountable in democratic systems.
🔗 bit.ly/4n4Ca56

#EconSky

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Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 12

file under "things that might happen when submitting to the ***"? 😅

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 4

amazing lineup!

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · Jun 1

5785, why?

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · May 29

I shall then refrain from reading it already 🤭

Benjamin Blumenthal @bnjmnblmnthl.bsky.social · May 29

paper is out?