Outputs (17)

Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914 (2024)
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Blaxill, L., Cohen, G., Hutchison, G., Kuhn, P. M., & Vivyan, N. (online). Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae017

This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England and Wales between 1832 and 1914. It offers a new understanding of the phenomenon in three main ways. First... Read More about Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914.

Advantages, Challenges and Limitations of Audit Experiments with Constituents (2021)
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Bischof, D., Cohen, G., Cohen, S., Foos, F., Kuhn, P. M., Nanou, K., Visalvanich, N., & Vivyan, N. (2022). Advantages, Challenges and Limitations of Audit Experiments with Constituents. Political Studies Review, 20(2), 192-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299211037865

Audit experiments examining the responsiveness of public officials have become an increasingly popular tool used by political scientists. While these studies have brought significant insight into how public officials respond to different types of con... Read More about Advantages, Challenges and Limitations of Audit Experiments with Constituents.

Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy (2021)
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von Borzyskowski, I., Daxecker, U., & Kuhn, P. M. (2022). Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 39(5), 542-564. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942211026319

Election violence is common in many developing countries and has potentially detrimental implications for democratic consolidation. Drawing on political psychology, we argue that citizens’ fear of campaign violence undermines support for democracy wh... Read More about Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy.

The Misreporting Trade-off Between List Experiments and Direct Questions in Practice: Partition Validation Evidence from Two Countries (2021)
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Kuhn, P. M., & Vivyan, N. (2022). The Misreporting Trade-off Between List Experiments and Direct Questions in Practice: Partition Validation Evidence from Two Countries. Political Analysis, 30(3), 381-402. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2021.10

To reduce strategic misreporting on sensitive topics, survey researchers increasingly use list experiments rather than direct questions. However, the complexity of list experiments may increase non-strategic misreporting. We provide the first empiric... Read More about The Misreporting Trade-off Between List Experiments and Direct Questions in Practice: Partition Validation Evidence from Two Countries.

Psychological Threat and Turnout Misreporting (2021)
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Kuhn, P. M., Mellish, S., & Vivyan, N. (2021). Psychological Threat and Turnout Misreporting. Electoral Studies, 70, Article 102276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102276

Direct survey measures of turnout often suffer from misreporting, particularly among non-voters. We investigate whether turnout misreporting in online surveys can be reduced by two new turnout question designs aimed at strengthening or buffering resp... Read More about Psychological Threat and Turnout Misreporting.

Dangerously Informed: Voter Information and Pre-Electoral Violence in Africa (2020)
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Borzyskowski, I. V., & Kuhn, P. M. (2020). Dangerously Informed: Voter Information and Pre-Electoral Violence in Africa. Journal of Peace Research, 57(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343319885166

A considerable literature examines the effect of voter information on candidate strategies and voter-politician interactions in the developing world. The voter information literature argues that information can improve accountability because more inf... Read More about Dangerously Informed: Voter Information and Pre-Electoral Violence in Africa.

Dangerous Contenders: Election Monitors, Islamic Opposition Parties and Terrorism (2019)
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Kavakli, K. C., & Kuhn, P. M. (2020). Dangerous Contenders: Election Monitors, Islamic Opposition Parties and Terrorism. International Organization, 74(1), 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1017/s002081831900033x

How do international observers decide whether to criticize or condone electoral fraud in a country? We argue that this decision depends on the identity of the victims of electoral fraud. A monitoring organization is more likely to overlook fraud comm... Read More about Dangerous Contenders: Election Monitors, Islamic Opposition Parties and Terrorism.

Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970) (2018)
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Eynde, O. V., Kuhn, P. M., & Moradi, A. (2018). Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 10(3), 388-417. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20160384

How does ethnic politics affect the state’s ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around Kenya’s independence influen... Read More about Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970).

Reducing Turnout Misreporting in Online Surveys (2018)
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Kuhn, P. M., & Vivyan, N. (2018). Reducing Turnout Misreporting in Online Surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 82(2), 300-321. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfy017

Assessing individual-level theories of electoral participation requires survey-based measures of turnout. Yet, due to a combination of sampling problems and respondent misreporting, postelection surveys routinely overestimate turnout, often by large... Read More about Reducing Turnout Misreporting in Online Surveys.

Natural Disasters and Political Engagement: Evidence from the 2010–11 Pakistani Floods (2017)
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Fair, C. C., Kuhn, P. M., Malhotra, N., & Shapiro, J. N. (2017). Natural Disasters and Political Engagement: Evidence from the 2010–11 Pakistani Floods. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 12(1), 99-141. https://doi.org/10.1561/100.00015075

How natural disasters affect politics in developing countries is an important question, given the fragility of fledgling democratic institutions in some of these countries as well as likely increased exposure to natural disasters over time due to cli... Read More about Natural Disasters and Political Engagement: Evidence from the 2010–11 Pakistani Floods.