Why do voters support executive aggrandizement? One possible answer is that they do so
because they think this will ease their preferred leader's hand in putting their partisan vision …

Can the ultrarich shape electoral results by controlling media outlets that openly propagate
their political interests? Whether consumers discount slanted media coverage is a question …

In this paper, I estimate the causal effects of a local food-subsidy program on electoral
outcomes. I exploit the variation in voters' walking distances from the program stores to …

On the 100th anniversary of the Republic, Turkey experienced another multi-party election.
This paper aims to analyse the role partisanship played in determining the outcomes of the …

Gasoline prices are often a heated topic during presidential election campaigns in the
United States. Yet, presidents have limited control over gasoline prices. Do voters reward or …

Benchmarking theories argue voters use information about other countries' performances,
usually on the economy and obtained through experience or media, to evaluate their own …

Economic explanations are central to our understanding of popular support for authoritarian
regimes. Yet, we do not know to what extent economic evaluations of citizens living under …

Is there a relationship between income inequality and the electoral success of incumbent
governments in developing and transitional democracies, and if so, what explains its …

Türkiye'de çeşitli gruplar tarafından organize edilen birçok protesto gerçekleşmekte olsa da
protestolar idareciler tarafından farklı yollarla engellenmeye çalışılmaktadır. Protesto ve …

We administer a survey of economic policy preferences to a representative sample of the
Turkish voting-age population. We show that policy preferences are distributed in non-linear …