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View article: Targeting young men of color for search and arrest during traffic stops: evidence from North Carolina, 2002–2013
Targeting young men of color for search and arrest during traffic stops: evidence from North Carolina, 2002–2013 Open
North Carolina mandated the first collection of demographic data on all traffic stops during a surge of attention to the phenomenon of “driving while black” in the late 1990s. Based on analysis of over 18 million traffic stops, we show dra…
View article: At the intersection: Race, gender, and discretion in police traffic stop outcomes
At the intersection: Race, gender, and discretion in police traffic stop outcomes Open
Racial disparities in traffic stop outcomes are widespread and well documented. Less well understood is how racial disparities may be amplified or muted in different contexts. Here we focus on one such situational factor: whether the initi…
View article: Policing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality
Policing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality Open
How do patterns of racial inequality shape policing behavior in the United States? We investigate whether police engage in boundary maintenance at geographic points of racial difference. Critical race scholars suggest that police explicitl…
View article: Better for everyone: Black descriptive representation and police traffic stops
Better for everyone: Black descriptive representation and police traffic stops Open
Racial disparities in citizen interactions with police are ubiquitous concerns in American communities. What difference does electoral representation make? We demonstrate that black descriptive representation in local government affects po…
View article: Is the populist Robin Hood a fairy tale? Parliamentary attention to social welfare
Is the populist Robin Hood a fairy tale? Parliamentary attention to social welfare Open
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, populist parties rose to prominence across Europe, campaigning on the promise to do something about growing economic inequality by funding social welfare programs. We investigate if the pro-welfare …
View article: The George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior
The George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior Open
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked a wave of Black Lives Matter protests in many cities throughout the United States. Protesters’ demands ranged from constraints on police use of force to defunding and disbanding the police alt…
View article: Measuring disparities to emergency medicine with 200 million voter records: The case of rural hospital closures
Measuring disparities to emergency medicine with 200 million voter records: The case of rural hospital closures Open
Purpose Distance to health service providers is related to increased mortality risk and decreased service utilization. However, existing studies of distance to services often rely either on aggregated measures of distance or small samples …
View article: Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Hospital Closures in Rural America
Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Hospital Closures in Rural America Open
We investigate how hardships affect rural politics, considering the case of hospital closures. In the last two decades, more than two hundred rural hospitals have closed their doors or drastically reduced their services. Drawing from resou…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
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View article: Replication Data for: Contact and Context: How Municipal Traffic Stops Shape Citizen Character
Replication Data for: Contact and Context: How Municipal Traffic Stops Shape Citizen Character Open
Replication data and code for "Contact and Context: How Municipal Traffic Stops Shape Citizen Character." Please run the file titled "Contact or Context Replication Code.R" before attempting to run the file titled "Contact or Context Repli…
View article: Race, Place, and Context: The Persistence of Race Effects in Traffic Stop Outcomes in the Face of Situational, Demographic, and Political Controls—CORRIGENDUM
Race, Place, and Context: The Persistence of Race Effects in Traffic Stop Outcomes in the Face of Situational, Demographic, and Political Controls—CORRIGENDUM Open
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View article: Does rising economic inequality create a representation gap between rich and poor? Evidence from Europe and the United States
Does rising economic inequality create a representation gap between rich and poor? Evidence from Europe and the United States Open
Economically powerful individuals are assumed to have greater capacity to influence politics than those with lower incomes. This might imply that as economic inequality increases, we should see a growing representation gap between rich and…
View article: Punctuated equilibrium and subnational governments
Punctuated equilibrium and subnational governments Open
Punctuated equilibrium is an increasingly popular theory for explaining budgetary outcomes. To date, studies that rely on punctuated equilibrium frameworks have universally uncovered evidence of government inefficiencies in budgeting. This…
View article: Information Processing and the Instability of Political Outcomes
Information Processing and the Instability of Political Outcomes Open
Studies in public policy document what is described as a `punctuation equilibrium' pattern of change, where negative feedback forces that act to maintain the status-quo are occasionally disrupted, leading to brief and dramatic changes befo…
View article: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations
Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations Open
Do democracies perform better than more autocratic political systems? Most existing literature focuses on single issues, such as maintaining the peace, avoiding famines, or promoting stable economic growth. The key to policy success for al…
View article: Budgetary change in authoritarian and democratic regimes
Budgetary change in authoritarian and democratic regimes Open
We compare patterns of change in budgetary commitments by countries during periods of democracy and authoritarianism. Previous scholarship has focused almost exclusively on democratic governments, finding evidence of punctuated equilibria.…
View article: Punctuated Equilibria in the Private Sector and the Stability of Market Systems
Punctuated Equilibria in the Private Sector and the Stability of Market Systems Open
The article examines longitudinal trends in expenditures by over 1,200 private firms, finding evidence of punctuated equilibrium—a pattern of change widely interpreted as evidence of stick‐slip dynamics in decision‐making processes. Levels…