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AUTHORITARIANISM AND COGNITIVE POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT
Primenjena Psihologija, 2018 This study analyses the linkage between authoritarianism and three indicators that describe one’s general cognitive orientation towards the world of politics: political knowledge, general interest in politics, and interest in the election campaign ...
Zoran Pavlović, Bojan Todosijević
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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process [PDF]
This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of
Bischoff, Ivo
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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Political Persuasion Through Social Media
KomunikatorIn contemporary society, social media has emerged as the predominant platform for the dissemination of political information, with a primary goal of influencing user perspectives.
Anter Venus +3 more
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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Cross-Media Usage Repertoires and Their Political Impacts: The Case of China
International Journal of Communication, 2020 This study takes a repertoire-oriented approach to examining how social and traditional media usage affect political engagement in China. Building on previous studies and giving them a new direction, we examine how various social media platforms and ...
Qiong Gong +2 more
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Political Theory in an Ethnographic Key
, 2019 Should political theorists engage in ethnography? In this letter, we assess a recent wave of interest in ethnography among political theorists and explain why it is a good thing.
Zacka, Bernardo +3 more
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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Beyond Gender: Exploring the Intersectional Dynamics in Political Interest Among Youth
Politics and GovernanceOne of the most persistent and puzzling inequalities across Western democracies is that women are less interested in politics than men. We know that political interest is developed—or not—at an early age, and that it becomes a key determinant of ...
Gema García-Albacete +4 more
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Interest through necessity? : The impact of personal health on the stability of political interest in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2020 Interest in politics is a key indicator of citizens’ attitudes towards politics. Scholars disagree whether interest is a stable trait developed during adolescence, or if it changes over the life course.
Rapeli, Lauri +2 more
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