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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

6/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social Scheve & @stasavage.bsky.social use time-series data for many countries, showing that democratization increases anti-trust legislation, but only in places with low inequality. doi.org/p76h

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

5/6 🧵 In @polbehavior.bsky.social, @hanslueders.bsky.social ask, do exclusionary local policies change where immigrants want to live? Findings of 🇲🇽 immigrants in 🇺🇸 show they do but financial concerns often win and naturalized citizens respond due to discrimination and safety worries. doi.org/p76d

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

4/6 🧵In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Schmid & Apaydin find blame-shifting (esp. force majeure) by autocrat backfires. Survey experiment: Erdogan’s approval dropped (6-8%) among upper class after the 2023 earthquake in 🇹🇷. doi.org/g93527

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

3/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, Meisels compares different measures of congressional candidates’ responsiveness in primaries. Text data from 🇺🇸. Results show that campaign platform data suggests more responsiveness and greater incentives for extremism than campaign finance data. doi.org/p76n

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

2/6 🧵In @politicalgeography.bsky.social, Willumsen examines preferences of MPs and voters for location of capitals in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭. All purely selfish, prefer close locations irrespective of national or state level capital. doi.org/p76k

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 2d

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest September 2025 - Choosing capital cities in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭 - Primary responsiveness in 🇺🇸 - Populist blameshifting backfires in 🇹🇷 - Effects of local policies on internal migration - Inequality, democracy and anti-trust legislation

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

6/6 🧵Shorrocks, Ralph-Morrow & de Geus in @bjpols.bsky.social study voter sexism and electoral penalties for women candidates. While they find no effect for voter sexism on support for women generally, they find that abstention is an electoral choice for sexist partisans in the USA. doi.org/p4qr

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

5/6 🧵In APSR, @alexanderhorn.bsky.social @klueserthan.bsky.social & Haselmayer study party manifesto response to income inequality in 12 OECD countries. Left parties mention economic inequality issues more when inequality increases, but not in higher inequality settings https://doi.org/g9zm39

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

4/6 🧵Using survey experiment, Magalhães et al (2025) in @ispp-pops.bsky.social show voters (in 🇵🇹) support weaker due process rights for corruption suspect from opposing party vs their own party. Out-group derogation prevails in-group favoritism in corruption evaluation. https://doi.org/p4qt

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

3/6 🧵Goerres & @jeicheler.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, use a solidarity game to study whether party alliance or left-right self-assessment predicts solidarity in 🇩🇪 & 🇦🇹. They find that left-right selfplacement predicts solidaric behaviour but depends on context. doi.org/p4qq

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

2/6 🧵In @apsrjournal.bsky.social @jacklucas.bsky.social et al. compare politicians’ & citizens’ theories of voting with surveys in 11 countries. Evaluate 8 theoretical debates, e.g. sociotropic vs. pocketbook. Many differences. Politicians think voters more short-sighted & egoistic doi.org/g8rckv

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Sep 4

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest August 2025 - Politician beliefs about voters - Self-assessment and solidaric behaviour - Voters’ evaluation of politicians’ corruption - Inequality and party manifestoes in OECD - Voter sexism and women candidates

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social‬, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund &‬ @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

3/6 🧵 In @cpsjournal.bsky.social, @alanjacobs.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social analyze social status & far-right voting via ESS in West Europe 2002-2020. Downward intergeneration occupational mobility brings far-right voting, but upward mobility doesn't protect. doi.org/10.1177/001041402513496

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

2/6 🧵in World Development, ‪@mkjustesen.bsky.social‬ ‪@smidsina.bsky.social‬ & Koob examine attitudes toward clientelistic & programmatic appeals with conjoint in 🇧🇷. Voters prefer programmatic offers but also hierarchy of cliententelist appeals: jobs preferred over cash. https://doi.org/pz7b

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest July 2025 - Clientelistic and progrmmatic appeals in 🇧🇷 - Social status & far-right voting in Western Europe - Absence of causal effect of wealth on political participation in 🇸🇪 - High campaign costs and wealthy politicians - The politics of small business owners

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social‬, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund &‬ @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show no effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

3/6 🧵 In @cpsjournal.bsky.social, @alanjacobs.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social analyze social status & far-right voting via ESS in West Europe 2002-2020. Downward intergeneration occupational mobility brings far-right voting, but upward mobility doesn't protect. doi.org/10.1177/001041402513496

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Aug 7

2/6 🧵in World Development, ‪@mkjustesen.bsky.social‬ ‪@smidsina.bsky.social‬ & Koob examine attitudes toward clientelistic & programmatic appeals with conjoint in 🇧🇷. Voters prefer programmatic offers but also hierarchy of cliententelist appeals: jobs preferred over cash. https://doi.org/pz7b

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Jul 7

6/6 🧵In @polbehavior.bsky.social‬, @lukrudolph.bsky.social‬, ‪@phanxi.bsky.social‬ & Bernauer study effects on NIMBYism. Survey experiment in 🇨🇭. Results show NIMBY opposition occurs even when there are localized benefits & that it depends on ex ante perceptions of costs/benefits. doi.org/pvct

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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · Jul 7

5/6 🧵 In @polbehavior.bsky.social‬, @jvanslageren.bsky.social Rosmalen & Mennes study inequality in internal & external political efficacy from 12 to 15 years old in a panel survey in 🇳🇱. Find inequalities by social status and gender, but the differences decrease with age https://doi.org/pvcs

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