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Three-Candidate Competition When Candidates Have Valence: Stochastic Voting [PDF]
We study the effects of stochastic (probabilistic) voting on equilibrium locations, equilibrium vote shares and comparative statics in a setup with three heterogenous candidates and a single-dimensional issue space.
Kha, Dmitriy, Evrenk, Haldun
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Information Design for Early‐Stage Dose‐Finding Trials
Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Volume 73, Issue 7, Page 1141-1158, October 2026.ABSTRACT To enhance enrollment rates in early‐stage dose‐finding clinical trials, we propose an information design approach, where the clinical investigator (CI) commits to an information releasing mechanism (IRM) based on the treatment's uncertain efficacy and toxicity to encourage patients to participate in the trial.
Amin Khademi, Ningyuan Chen
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Median computation in graphs using consensus strategies [PDF]
Following the Majority Strategy in graphs, other consensus strategies, namely Plurality Strategy, Hill Climbing and Steepest Ascent Hill Climbing strategies on graphs are discussed as methods for the computation of median sets of profiles.
Changat, M. +2 more
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An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1501-1518, October 2026.Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly +3 more
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Beyond the Median Voter Theorem: A New Framework for Ideological Positioning
This paper revisits the limitations of the Median Voter Theorem and introduces a novel framework to analyze the optimal economic ideological positions of political parties. By incorporating Nash equilibrium, we examine the mechanisms and elasticity of ideal deviation costs, voter distribution, and policy feasibility.
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1606-1620, October 2026.Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era
International Economic Review, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 1245-1279, October 2026.ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
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Empirical analysis of the influence of voters and politicians in the public choice of Portuguese municipalities universidade portucalense [PDF]
When estimating a specification combining different influences on local public choice, three public issues of different ideological attributes were compared for two periods of Portuguese local government intervention: the beginning and the ending of one ...
José Manuel Cruz
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 10, Page 4333-4351, October 2026.ABSTRACT Aim To assess perceived patient safety competencies among nursing students and to examine their associations with their perceptions regarding clinical learning environment and unfinished nursing care. Design An international comparative cross‐sectional study.
Dominika Kohanová +9 more
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Sluggishness, Endogeneity and the Demand for Local Public Services [PDF]
Earlier studies estimating the demand for local public services by means of the median voter model have typically assumed exogenous regressors and static set-ups.
Dahlberg, Matz, Jacob, Johanna
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