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Report NEP-POL-2026-08-31
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.Subscribe to this report: email, RSS, or Mastodon, or Bluesky.
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The following items were announced in this report:
- Daron Acemoglu & Nicolas Ajzenman & Guillermo Cruces & Martin Fiszbein & Gaston Garcia Zavaleta & Carlos Molina, 2026, "Where the Grass Seems Greener: Economic Misperceptions and Support for Democracy," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35644, Aug.
- Battaglini, Marco & Leone Sciabolazza, Valerio & Lin, Mengwei & Patacchini, Eleonora, 2024, "Unobserved Contributions and Political Influence: Evidence from the Death of Top Donors," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19195, Jul.
- Carlos Fernando Avenancio-León & Daniel B. Jones & Ying Shi, 2026, "Race and Redistricting in Local Governments," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35623, Aug.
- Uwe Jirjahn & Jens Mohrenweiser & Stephen C. Smith, 2026, "Opening the Black Box of Works Council Elections: Theory and Evidence on the Factors Influencing Voter Turnout," Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics, number 2026-10.
- Julien Labonne & Pablo Querubín & Martín Rossi & Sebastian M. Saiegh & Ivan San Miguel & Shanker Satyanath, 2026, "Social Clubs and Political Office," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35611, Aug.
- Daiki Kishishita, 2026, "Downsian Competition for the Myerson Value," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.27996, Jul.
- Fetzer, Thiemo & Edenhofer, Jacob & Garg, Prashant, 2024, "Local Decline and Populism," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19330, Aug.
- Massa, Massimo & Zhang, Lei, 2024, "Stewardship Theatre and Political Catering," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19392, Aug.
- Raffaele Giammetti & Giuseppe Spataro & Davide Ticchi, 2026, "Beyond Decline: Global Value Chain Dependence And The Populist Backlash In European Regions," Working Papers, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, number 509, Aug.
- Kansikas, Carolina & Bagues, Manuel, 2024, "Can term limits accelerate women's access to top political positions? Quasi-experimental evidence from Italy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19306, Jul.
- Berticeroni, Carlotta & Piemontese, Lavinia & Prarolo, Giovanni & Schiavone, Antonio, 2024, "Settlers and Seekers: Immigrant Proximity and Voter Polarisation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19236, Jul.
- Brañas, Pablo & Cabrales, Antonio & Espinosa, MarÃa Paz & GarcÃa-Muñoz, Teresa, 2024, "Behind the support for redistributive politics: Social preferences or beliefs?," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19274, Jul.
- Brey, Bjorn & Facchini, Giovanni, 2024, "The consequences of a trade collapse: Economics and politics in Weimar Germany," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19383, Aug.
- Alicia Adsera & Andreu Arenas & Carles Boix, 2026, "The Value of Income, Safety and Elections across the World," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin), number 26204, Jul.
- Nunnari, Salvatore & Proto, Eugenio & Rustichini, Aldo, 2024, "Cognitive Abilities and the Demand for Bad Policy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19217, Jul.
- Aaron Chatterji & Jorge Guzman & Joyce Ma & Ryan C. McDevitt, 2026, "Political Entrepreneurs," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35637, Aug.
- Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein, 2026, "Political Polarization and the Asymmetric Fragility of Political Regimes," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, number paper2625, Aug.
- Tim Sargent, 2025, "Directions for Regional Economic Policy in the UK: Lessons from Canada," CSLS Research Reports, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, number 2025-01, Jan.
- Harsha Dutta & Pulak Ghosh & Arkodipta Sarkar & Nishant Vats, 2026, "Political Power-Sharing, Firm Entry, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Multiple Elected Representatives," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.08934, Aug.
- Giuliano, Paola & Spilimbergo, Antonio, 2024, "Aggregate Shocks and the Formation of Preferences and Beliefs," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19218, Jul.
- Albers, Thilo N.H. & Bischof, Daniel & Kersting, Felix & Kosse, Fabian, 2026, "When the Well-Off Feel Left Behind: Income Misperception and Populist Attitudes," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 2s7mc_v1, Aug, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2s7mc_v1.
- Ba, Bocar A. & Ndiaye, Abdoulaye & Rivera, Roman G. & Whitefield, Alexander, 2024, "Mispricing Narratives after Social Unrest," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19308, Jul.
- James J. Feigenbaum & Andrew B. Hall & Daniel M. Thompson & Jesse Yoder, 2026, "Fortunate Sons: Elite Political Selection in American History," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35569, Aug.
- Bailey Flanigan & Ismar Volic, 2026, "The New Mathematics of Democracy," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.16869, Aug.
- Wesley H. Holliday, 2026, "Voting Method Synthesis on an Infinite Domain: A Possibility Theorem for Positive Involvement," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.08897, Aug.
- Bayer, Péter & Mágó, Mánuel László, 2026, "Uncertain participation," Corvinus Economics Working Papers (CEWP), Corvinus University of Budapest, number 2026/02, Aug.
- Jonathan Pardo & Sulin Sardoschau, 2026, "Newcomers and Gatekeepers: Migrants’ Attitudes toward Immigration," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin), number 26182, Jul.
- Chinoy, Sahil & Nunn, Nathan & Sequeira, Sandra & Stantcheva, Stefanie, 2024, "Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Divides," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19297, Jul.
- Felix Montag, 2026, "Mergers and the Demand for Protectionism," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12880.
- Vigild, Daniel Juhász & Bjerre-Nielsen, Andreas & Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Sekara, Vedran, 2026, "When Government Uses AI: Experimental Evidence of Selective Trust Decline and Algorithmic Nimbyism," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number xrejw_v1, Aug, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/xrejw_v1.
- Soler-Lopez, Jorge, 2026, "A Foot in the Door: Ethnic Employment Quotas and Democratic Attitudes in Uruguay," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 9dphe_v1, Aug, DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/9dphe_v1.