Report NEP-POL-2026-08-24

This is the archive for NEP-POL, a report on new working papers in the area of Positive Political Economics. Eugene Beaulieu issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Cantoni, Enrico & Pons, Vincent & Schäfer, Jérôme, 2024, "Voting Rules, Turnout, and Economic Policies," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19447, Sep.
• How Choon, Thea & Marcolongo, Giovanna & Pinotti, Paolo, 2024, "Money Talks to Autocrats, Bullets Whistle to Democrats: Political Influence under Different Regimes," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19416, Aug.
• Acemoglu, Daron & Aksoy, Cevat Giray & Baysan, Ceren & Molina, Carlos & Zeki, Gamze, 2024, "Misperceptions and Demand for Democracy under Authoritarianism," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19536, Sep.
• Yatish Arya & Anisha Garg, 2026, "Civic Infrastructure and Political Mobilization: Evidence from Urban India," Working Papers, Ashoka University, Department of Economics, number 167, Aug.
• Théo Konc & Jan Christoph Steckel & Jacob Edenhofer & Jens Ewald & Thomas Sterner, 2026, "The Political Consequences of Energy Price Shocks: Evidence from Germany," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12887.
• Dwenger, Nadja & Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem & Vietz, Jasmin, 2024, "What is Fair? Experimental Evidence on Fair Equality vs Fair Inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19472, Sep.
• Lamoreaux, Naomi & Wallis, John, 2024, "Democracy, Capitalism, and Equality: The Importance of Impersonal Rules," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19446, Sep.
• Ornelas, Emanuel, 2024, "Political Competition and the Strategic Adoption of Free Trade Agreements," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19597, Oct.
• Cohen, Alma & Dehejia, Rajeev, 2024, "Judges Judging Judges: Partisanship and Politics in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19487, Sep.
• Bellani, Luna & Hager, Anselm & Maurer, Stephan, 2026, "The civil war reduced slave owners' economic power but increased their political influence," Working Papers, University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality. Perceptions, Participation and Policies", number 51, DOI: 10.48787/kops/352-2-140fe93ku6fk45.
• Kim, Minseong, 2026, "Fraud Detection Without Specificity: A Null-Calibration Evaluation of the eforensics Model on Two Decades of Korean Elections," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 6ka47_v1, Jul, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/6ka47_v1.
• Hubert János Kiss & Alfonso Rosa-García, 2025, "Democracy and AI Acceptance: Cross-Country Evidence," KRTK-KTI WORKING PAPERS, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, number 2515, Sep.
• Yang, Dean & Saia, Alessandro & Kovvuri, Akhila & Ahmed, Resuf & Brimble, Paul, 2026, "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Religious Identity and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India," IDEA Working Papers, International Development Economics Association (IDEA), number 2, Aug, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21904880.
• Calacino, Anthony, 2026, "Suppressing the State: Visibility, Competition, and Deforestation Politics in the Amazon," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number b3w8q_v1, Jul, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/b3w8q_v1.
• Selva Demiralp & Orkun Saka & Michael Weber, 2026, "Polarized Media and Inflation Expectations," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12854.
• Machielsen, Bas & van Besouw, Bram, 2026, "Dynamics of Democratization and the Organization of Education," EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 342692.
• McCarty, Nolan & Steel, Reilly, 2026, "The Political Economy of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 5tgcs_v1, Jul, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/5tgcs_v1.
• Adsera, Alicia & Arenas, Andreu & Boix, Carles, 2026, "The Value of Income, Safety and Elections across the World," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18844, Jul.
• Agbeyangi, Babatunde A. & Ogunnusi, Oluwatobi N. & Oluseye, Abiodun B., 2026, "Artificial Intelligence Innovations and Election Administration in Nigeria," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 3b2uf_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/3b2uf_v1.
• Serene Ho & Christine Liu & Jingtian Chen & In Song Kim, 2026, "Democracy, Institutions, Firms and Trade," CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 26-28, Jul.
• Acemoglu, Daron & Robinson, James A., 2024, "Culture, Institutions and Social Equilibria: A Framework," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19518, Sep.
• Ekaterina Siniakova & Oda Sund & Joël van der Weele, 2026, "The Metric is the Message? How Inequality Metrics Shape Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute, number 26-050/I, Aug, revised 07 Aug 2026.
• Dahis, Ricardo & Szerman, Christiane, 2026, "Decentralizing development: the economic impacts of government splits," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 128401, Jul.
• Mehrotra, Santosh, 2026, "Delimitation after 2026: Demographic Performance, Federal Balance and Women's Representation in India," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18753, Jun.
• Campedelli, Gian Maria & Daniele, Gianmarco & Le Moglie, Marco, 2024, "Mafia, Politics and Machine Predictions," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19322, Aug.
• Millemaci, Emanuele & Monteforte, Fabio & Temple, Jonathan, 2024, "Have autocrats governed for the long term?," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19499, Sep.