All (economic) politics is local: Voting responses to localized price shocks during the great recession

R Cheung, R Meltzer - Journal of Regional Science, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The connection between individual and macroeconomic conditions and voting behavior is
well‐established. We contribute to the less resolved “spatial gap” in the literature that …

[PDF][PDF] Economic insecurity increases polarization and decreases trust

V Sairam, VS Heddesheimer, JJ Bryson - Article in prep, and accepted for …, 2022 - files.osf.io
Rising political polarization and public distrust are believed to erode democratic norms and
institutions, and known to be correlated with worrisome social, economic, and political …