Argumentation strategies in party competition
Abstract Political parties' rhetorical strategies play a crucial role in shaping public opinion and electoral outcomes. To gain insight into what kind of arguments parties present to the public, and under what conditions, we develop a model of argumentation where parties compete to persuade voters before engaging in platform competition.
Catherine Hafer +2 more
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Subclinical Respiratory Impairment and Quality of Life Among Non-Smoking Adults in Rural Chiang Mai, Thailand. [PDF]
Samar M +8 more
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Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
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Digestive Enzyme Activity and Temperature: Evolutionary Constraint or Physiological Flexibility? [PDF]
Sagonas K +5 more
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Reviewing fast or slow: A theory of summary reversal in the judicial hierarchy
Abstract Appellate courts with discretionary dockets have multiple ways to review lower courts. We develop a formal model that evaluates the trade‐offs between “full review”—which features full briefing, oral arguments, and signed opinions—versus “quick review,” where a higher court can summarily reverse a lower court. We show that having the option of
Alexander V. Hirsch +2 more
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Fisher-Shannon Analysis of Sentinel 1 Time Series from 2015 to 2023: Revealing the Impact of <i>Toumeyella Parvicornis</i> Infection in a Pilot Site of Central Italy. [PDF]
Telesca L +3 more
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Practical Implementation of Federated Learning for Detecting Backdoor Attacks in a Next-word Prediction Model. [PDF]
Wong JKW +4 more
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