The Runner-up Effect DateMay 23, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Exploiting regression discontinuity designs in samples of Brazilian, Indian, and Canadian first-past-the-post elections, we document that second placed candidates are substantially more likely than close third finishers to run and win subsequent elections. This identifies the effect of being labeled the […]
U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series DateMay 17, 2016 Time6:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact Chair and Professor Jeffrey B. Lewis invites you toSave the datesfor theU HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election SeriesOn the Media: Covering Donald TrumpFeaturingDylan ByersSasha IssenbergModerated byLynn VavreckTuesday, May 17, 6:00 p.m.California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus […]
CP Workshop - Margaret Roberts, UC San Diego DateMay 15, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Conventional wisdom assumes that increased censorship will strictly decrease access to information. We delineate circumstances when increases in censorship will expand access to information. When governments suddenly impose censorship on previously uncensored information, citizens accustomed to […]
