Recently added articles from Quarterly Journal of Political Science:

The exaggerated effects of advertising on turnout: the dangers of self-reports *.(Column)

Nov 01, 2007; Vavreck, Lynn ... ABSTRACT Political Scientists routinely rely on self-reports when investigating the effects of political stimuli on behavior. An example of this is found in the American politics work addressing whether campaign advertising mobilizes voters. Findings appear to vary by ...

Rich state, poor state, red state, blue state: what's the matter with Connecticut? *.(Column)

Nov 01, 2007; Gelman, Andrew ... ABSTRACT For decades, the Democrats have been viewed as the party of the poor, with the Republicans representing the rich. Recent presidential elections, however, have shown a reverse pattern, with Democrats performing well in the richer blue states in the northeast and coasts, ...

Capital controls, political institutions, and economic growth: a panel and cross country analysis *.

Nov 01, 2007; Satyanath, Shanker ... ABSTRACT Statistical studies on the effects of capital controls on growth have generally yielded insignificant results. In this paper, we show that capital controls negatively affect growth in authoritarian countries, while growth in democratic countries is insignificantly ...

Cohesion, insurance and redistribution *.

Nov 01, 2007; Echenique, Federico ... ABSTRACT Governments use redistributive policies to favor relatively unproductive economic sectors. Traditional economic wisdom teaches that the government should instead buy out the agents in these sectors, and let them relocate to more productive sectors. We show that ...

Does email boost turnout? *.(Research Note)

Nov 01, 2007; Nickerson, David W. ... ABSTRACT Political campaigns are just now learning how to put the Internet to best use. Low transaction costs and huge economies of scale tempt campaigns to move traditional activities online, but the effectiveness of virtual campaigns is unknown. This paper conducts 13 field ...