nikita zakharov
nikitaz.bsky.social
nikita zakharov
@nikitaz.bsky.social
postdoc at Freiburg Uni (Economics)
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🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…

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Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Got this really cool, ghostly picture by accident the other day in Dillon Beach, CA. It is a Heermann's gull with both it's shadow and reflection.

#birds
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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🚨 New working paper: War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine

@ifomichev.bsky.social and I study how Russian fatalities in the Russia–Ukraine war affect engagement with propaganda on social media in soldiers’ hometowns. Here's what we find 🧵

#workingpaper #ukraine #russia #propaganda
War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine
This article examines how military losses shape public engagement with propaganda. We combine data on Russia's military losses in its war against Ukraine with u
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May 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Why do autocrats alternate between cracking down on media and allowing some freedom?

This fascinating new @cesifo.org paper by Günther Schulze and @nikitaz.bsky.social reveals the logic — and the electoral cycles — behind modern repression.

#EconSky

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May 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🚨 Ever wondered how fear and misinformation shape demand for government intervention? Our new @cesifo.org working paper provides some evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Check out the link and a short thread below! 🧵

#workingpaper #covid #covid19 #russia

www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
Fear, Soft Propaganda, and the Demand for Government Intervention: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Russia
We explore the impact of fear on demand for government intervention. Our empirical strategy takes advantage of a unique quasi-experiment: During our survey in Russia, a very popular television program...
www.cesifo.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM