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Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Alan S. Gerber; Gregory Huber; David Doherty; Conor M. Dowling, 2014, "Citizens’ Policy Confidence and Electoral Punishment: A Neglected Dimension of Electoral Accountability", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/QHCSC2, Yale Dataverse, V2
If voters punish elected officials who adopt incongruent policy positions, then representatives should take popular positions to avoid electoral sanction. Yet, scholars have noted gaps between citizen preferences and the behavior of elected officials. We argue that one important source of this gap is that individual citizens believe they are someti... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Daniel Butler; David W. Nickerson, 2012, "Can Learning Constituency Opinion Affect How Legislators Vote? Results from a Field Experiment", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/QVCG0C, Yale Dataverse, V2
When legislators are uninformed about public opinion, does learning constituents' opinion affect how legislators vote? We conducted a fully randomized field experiment to answer this question. We surveyed 10,690 New Mexicans about the Governor's spending proposals for a special summer session held in the summer of 2008. District-specific survey res... |
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John Bullock, 2013, "Elite Influence on Public Opinion in an Informed Electorate", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/TGF5VL, Yale Dataverse, V2
An enduring concern about democracies is that citizens conform too readily to the policy views of elites in their own parties, even to the point of ignoring other information about the policies in question. This article presents two experiments that undermine this concern, at least under one important condition. People rarely possess even a modicum... |
Robert G. Boatright; Donald P. Green; Michael J. Malbin, 2011, "Does Publicizing a Tax Credit for Political Contributions Increase Its Use?: Results From a Randomized Field Experiment", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/WVOWDZ, Yale Dataverse, V2
We present the results of an experiment using nonpartisan, informational direct mail—of the sort that a public relations–conscious government agency might use—to encourage Ohio voters to contribute money to political candidates. Ohio provides full tax credits of up to $50 to citizens who make contributions to state candidates. We found that the mai... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Marc A. Brackett; Susan E. Rivers; Maria R. Reyes; Peter Salovey, 2012, "Enhancing Academic Performance and Social and Emotional Competence With the RULER Feeling Words Curriculum", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/NPO1LO, Yale Dataverse, V2
A pre- and post-test quasi-experimental design was used to test the impact of a 30-week, theoretically-based social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, The RULER Feeling Words Curriculum (“RULER”), on the academic performance and social and emotional competence of 5th and 6th grade students (N = 273) in fifteen classrooms in three schools. Aca... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Kenneth Scheve; David Stasavage, 2011, "The Conscription of Wealth: Mass Warfare and the Demand for Progressive Taxation", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/9AAEUR, Yale Dataverse, V2
The dominant narrative of the politics of redistribution in political science and economics highlights the signature role of the rise of electoral democracy and the development of political parties that mobilize working-class groups. We argue in this article that this narrative ignores the critical role played by mass warfare in the development of... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Daniel Butler; Ana De La O, 2011, "The Causal Effect of Media-Driven Political Interest on Political Attitudes and Behavior", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/UUZDXG, Yale Dataverse, V2
This article considers the hypothesis that media-driven political interest shapes party identification, the timing of vote decisions, and electoral participation. To estimate the effect of media-driven political interest, we make a key distinction between political interest as a lifetime political orientation and political interest that rises and f... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Alan S. Gerber; Gregory Huber; David Doherty; Conor M. Dowling, 2011, "Personality Traits and the Consumption of Political Information", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/YXT7JY, Yale Dataverse, V2
In this article, we examine the relationship between dispositional personality traits (the Big Five) and the consumption of political information. We present detailed hypotheses about the characteristics of the political environment that are likely to affect the appeal of politics and political information in general for individuals with different... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Alan S. Gerber; Gregory Huber; Ebonya Washington, 2011, "Party Affiliation, Partisanship, and Political Beliefs: A Field Experiment", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/EGVRS6, Yale Dataverse, V2
Partisanship is strongly correlated with attitudes and behavior, but it is unclear from this pattern whether partisan identity has a causal effect on political behavior and attitudes. We report the results of a field experiment that investigates the causal effect of party identification. Prior to the February 2008 Connecticut presidential primary,... |
Apr 8, 2026 - ISPS Data Archive
Leonid Peisakhin; Paul Pinto, 2011, "Is Transparency an Effective Anti-Corruption Strategy? Evidence from a Field Experiment in India", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/H9RNCI, Yale Dataverse, V2
Can freedom of information laws be harnessed by underprivileged members of society and used to obtain greater access to basic public goods that are otherwise attainable only through bribery? Drawing on a field experiment on access to ration cards among New Delhi’s slum dwellers, we demonstrate that India’s recently adopted freedom of information la... |
