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The Power of Renewal: Status Quo Bias Impacts Voter Approval of School Spending Referendums

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Status quo bias often impacts decisions about private goods and is hypothesized to influence voter choice. This paper offers a clean, direct, real‐world test of status quo bias's effect on voter support for school spending. We take advantage of a unique Minnesota rule that requires ballot language to disclose and distinguish between new and ...
Corey Lang, Rachel Ricchio
wiley   +1 more source

Politicultural Linking: Inferences Between Political and Apolitical Traits. [PDF]

Public Opin Q
Scaduto G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Republican Platform 1991

, 1991
Republican Party (N.J.)
core  

Do's and Don'ts in Peace Negotiations: Learning From the Arab‐Israeli Peace Negotiations

Peace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article suggests practical information on the requirements for successful negotiations. Building on extensive research in archives and more than 100 in‐depth interviews with senior decision‐makers and negotiators who were involved in the Arab‐Israeli conflict, the article outlines the basic qualities that negotiators, mediators, and ...
Raphael Cohen‐Almagor
wiley   +1 more source

Normative influence in a time of distrust and polarization: how perceived social norms predict COVID-19 vaccination intentions among Black Americans. [PDF]

J Behav Med
Lin T, Wang Y, Thier K, Nan X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Partisanship, Deservingness, and the Attitudinal Policy Feedback Process for Social Policy

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In an era of identity‐based partisan polarization, we examine whether social policies can still generate positive attitudinal feedback among beneficiaries. Drawing on nationally representative survey data, we demonstrate that partisanship conditions the policy feedback process through divergent perceptions of group deservingness.
Chris Faricy, Christopher Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

On the relationship of perceived inequality and policy preferences. [PDF]

PLoS One
Aldama A, Bicchieri C, Freundt J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Regional News, Regional Bias? Evidence From Media Discourses and Welfare Decisions in Germany

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do media representations of immigrants shape their treatment by street‐level bureaucrats? Despite a uniform federal legal framework, decision‐making varies substantially across local welfare offices. Though prior research links national news reporting and policy implementation, little is known about how regional variation in news reporting
Stefanie Rueß
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Democraticness of Parties From Citizens' Perspectives: Evidence From Canada. [PDF]

Polit Stud (Oxf)
Chan KM, Stephenson LB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Putting Democratic Theory and Principles of Justice in the Right Place: Ethical Pluralism in Collaborative and Participatory Governance

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision‐making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea
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