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juliosolis.bsky.social
PhD student at Harvard’s Government Department. Studying political development, collective choice, and culture in Africa.
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Toward a Qualitative Study of the American Voter By Anna Berg & @stephanieternullo.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4gN6cFR

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🚨 please share! We will be running our annual workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social in June. This is a really fun workshop doing deep reads of a small number of new papers. Call for papers / participants below! ⬇️ www.wzb.eu/en/events/mo...

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Urban–rural cleavages are seen as a defining political divide. But does this polarization hold worldwide? My new working paper tests this question using an original dataset of granular, geocoded election returns from 106 countries (polling station-level in 70). (1/8)

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Getting rid of the penny seems sensible to me. But there are arguments on both sides. Here are a few. 1/

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Meet the 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics About the Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants provide support for research that examines political science phenomena affecting historically…

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Learn more about: A Culture of Consensus: Congruence and collective choice among the Tswana Project Title: A Culture of Consensus: Congruence and collective choice among the Tswana Julio S. Solís Arce, Harvard University Julio S. Solís Arce is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the…

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Forthcoming in the AER: "Cultural Distance and Ethnic Civil Conflict" by Eleonora Guarnieri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Happy that Harvard's Center for European Studies is now on bluesky. Please follow us here!! @europeatharvard.bsky.social

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⏰ Please share widely! We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

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Léonard Wantchekon's autobiography is spectacular. What a life. Tortured by the regime in Benin in his student days. Years in prison. Escaped to Nigeria, then Côte d'Ivoire, from there to Canada. PhD at Northwestern, first job at Yale. Founder of the African School of Economics. Highly recommended 👇

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I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place. psantanna.com/did-resources There, you will find - 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course - Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD - My DiD R/Stata/Python packages - Some DiD checklists - DiD materials from my friends Enjoy!

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In a new wp "The Political Economy of Bread and Circuses", we examine the tradeoff in early states between productivity-enhancing infrastructure (like irrigation systems) and non-productive architecture (stelae, altars, etc) by studying the Classic Maya (250-950 CE). 1/5 dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Can Development Programs Counter Insurgencies? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan" by Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, and Ruben Enikolopov. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Ethnic voting: @scrosenzweig.bsky.social‬ examines the subject through the lens of group norms & social pressure using data from Africa. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social - https://buff.ly/3BH8tnw @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci

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For whomever needs to read this today

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November 12, 1973 --- The day Philosophy & Public Affairs started treating Rawls like Jesus.

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Sharing my #APSA2024 memento: a great panel on African politics with fantastic colleagues: Lionel Ong, Claire Adida, Shelby Carvalho, Lazare Kovo and Jessica Gottlieb

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In addition to the poorly summarized research above, we have two extraordinary discussants ( @claireadida.bsky.social and Jessica Gottlieb). The panel is scheduled Thu, September 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm, at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown. Hoping to see some faces beyond ours there! @apsa.bsky.social

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Finally, I will present a research design for an experiment in Ghana, over the debate of a new constitution. Using deliberative technologies we attempt to identify consensus proposals that receive support across demographic and political groups, building support for political change

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Next, Lazare Kovo (Emory) examines the effects of strategically initiated No-Confidence Votes on local governance in Benin. Using a DiD design he finds that targeted NCVs improve governance by increasing transparency, internal revenue growth, and expenditure management

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Then, Lionel Ong (Columbia) looks at why parties in Sierra Leone select public service motivated candidates despite corruption. He argues that it is due to who controls the selection process: grassroots delegates prefer good candidates, with some evidence that business delegates less so

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First, Shelby Carvalho (Harvard) introduces the concept of "quiet inclusion" to explain how refugee integration in Africa occurs informally, relying on discretion rather than formal law. The project shows that preferences for informality from elites grow as political complexity increases

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In addition to amplifying the wonderful events from the African Politics section below, I wanted to invite all Africanists (and African-politics-enthusiasts) to our panel "Political Economy of Elite Decision-Making in Africa" with at least three great projects tinyurl.com/24mml39n @apsa.bsky.social

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Here's a soapbox post #dataeditortips : Copy code once, fine, don’t do it again. Copy 2x, stop, and create a function. Copy 3x: don’t even go there!😠 We often see researchers doing lots of copies. Not a great practice. FWIW, some tips: aeadataeditor.github.io/posts/2024-0...

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Today we host (with Aleksandra Conevska and @dustintingley.bsky.social) the Harvard Experiments Working Group conference. A showcase of experimental projects by students across departments (political science, psychology, economics and public policy) and cohorts. Program here: tinyurl.com/HEWG2024

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Last Fall I completed another iteration of Gov 50 (Data Science for the Social Sciences), and I've been really happy with the course. We doubled in size to 250 students and got great reviews from students. What's worked for us? gov50-f23.github.io

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I'm excited to teach trade using data from Africa by assigning my new paper with Helen Milner at @iojournal.bsky.social. Both Afrobarometer and original survey data from 🇬🇭 & 🇺🇬 are highly consistent with factor endowment models – arguably more consistent than data from 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 have been. 👇

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(1/many) #EconSky My job market paper investigates what police propaganda and its effects can teach us about the institution of policing. t.co/5bzHCTdmR2

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Many students are currently applying to PhD programs in political science, and others have just started as first-years. Check out these helpful and concise sets of advice by @benjaminsnoble.bsky.social. A great service to polisky! benjaminnoble.org/grad-advice/

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Can't get enough Congress in your life? Have no fear! Just released an update to our working paper on Congressional Committees and Presidential Influence. 🏛️🤝 Download the updated paper here: osf.io/4evrs

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