Political scientists often turn to natural experiments to draw causal inferences with
observational data. Recently, the regression discontinuity design (RD) has become a …

Americans have contradictory beliefs about how international trade affects the country as
whole and specific communities. Yet notwithstanding the heat of political rhetoric, these …

Do presidential campaign advertisements mobilize, inform, or persuade citizens? To answer
this question we exploit a natural experiment, the accidental treatment of some individuals …

Interest groups struggle to build reputations as influential actors in the policy process and to
discern the influence exercised by others. This study conceptualizes influence reputation as …

Spending on political advertising has grown dramatically in recent years, and political
campaigns have increasingly adopted the language and techniques of marketing. As such …

This study synthesizes two theoretical literatures to explain gender differences in Twitter
usage and effectiveness among US Congressional candidates. The first suggests that …

We use the structure of media markets within states and across state boundaries to study the
relationship between television and electoral competition. In particular, we compare …

Many empirical applications of regression discontinuity (RD) models use a running variable
that is rounded and hence discrete, eg age in years, or birth weight in ounces. This paper …

The gender gap has been an important feature of American elections since 1980. Yet, most
explanations for the effects of gender on voting behavior focus on differences between men …

We develop and test a theory of gendered political times, which argues that the gendered
political climate during an election shapes the extent to which female candidates emphasize …