The global increase in extreme weather events in recent years has spurred political
scientists to examine the potential political effects of such phenomena. This paper explores …

Wealth provides self-insurance against financial risk, reducing risk aversion. We apply this
insurance mechanism to electoral behaviour, arguing that a voter who desires a change to …

Does experiencing a shock alter one's voting behavior? We explore how a specific shock to
individuals' health and human capital accumulation—in-utero malnutrition—prompted by the …

Large-scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While
conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green …

This study investigates the impact on redistributive preferences of one pervasive yet
underexplored type of shock: natural disasters. Previous research has focused on smaller …

As the climate crisis worsens, it becomes increasingly important to understand how voters
respond to first-hand experience of natural disasters. Conventional wisdom holds that …

National governments are accused of being evasive and opportunistic in their presentation
of European integration, thereby exacerbating the EU's crisis of legitimacy. Yet empirical …

Political scientists have long agreed that partisanship can bias how voters evaluate
government performance and attribute responsibility. However, less is known about how …

Scholars have long pointed to equality as a crucial value in functioning democracies (Verba
and Nie, 1972; Inglehart and Wezel, 2005; Ingham, 2021). In particular, research has shown …

A longstanding debate about electoral behaviour has concerned whether voters biasedly
attribute blame for government performance. However, a disproportionate focus on negative …