David Romney
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Social Accountability and Public Goods Provision: Testing Informal Mechanisms to Improve Community Welfare in the Slums of Delhi
Using a survey experiment in Delhi, we explore the fact that ethnic diversity does not condition behavior as expected.
Melani Cammett
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Poulomi Chakrabarti
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David Romney
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What Affects Attitudes toward US-Related Conspiracy Theories in the Arab Middle East?
A conjoint experiment in 10 MENA countries examines the micro- and macro-level factors that determine support for US-related conspiracy theories in 2018–2019.
David Romney
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Dustin Tingley
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Amaney Jamal
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Persecuted Minorities and Defensive Cooperation: Contributions to Public Goods by Hindus and Muslims in Delhi Slums
Exploring why Muslims respond more than Hindus to pressure to contribute to public goods in slums in Delhi, India in a survey experiment from 2018.
Melani Cammett
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Poulomi Chakrabarti
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David Romney
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Changing Hearts and Minds? Why Media Messages Designed to Foster Empathy Often Fail
Media messages intended to humanize Latino immigrants are unsuccessful on the target audience, and dissonance is an important reason why—from survey experiments in 2012 and 2015.
Joshua R. Gubler
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Christopher F. Karpowitz
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J. Quin Monson
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David Romney
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Mikle South
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Ethnic Politics in Malaysia
Studying majority and minority politics in Malaysia, using data from an n = 3,000 survey administered in 2024 (based on field work in 2023).
Ingroup Policing in Israel
How do people respond when someone from their social group condemns ingroup misbehavior? What factors can make people more receptive to this type of “ingroup policing?” My dissertation and follow-up research look at these questions focused in the context Israeli Jews.
Minority Politics and Public Goods Provision in India
How does identity as a minority affect political behavior in the context of public goods provision? We explore this question in the context of Hindus and Muslims in India.
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