Sex and race: Are black candidates more likely to be disadvantaged by sex scandals?
2010 study in Political Behavior examines how voters respond to hypothetical sex scandals involving a white and black candidate.
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Ethnic fractionalization and foreign aid effectiveness
2011 study from the University of Melbourne in the Journal of African Economies on the conditions that affect the efficacy of foreign aid.
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United States voting law changes in 2012
2011 article by the NYU Brennan Center for Justice on the potential impacts of voting-law changes on the 2012 election.
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Racial disparities in health: How much does stress really matter?
2011 study from Harvard University published in the DuBois Review exploring the interaction between stress and public health outcomes, along racial lines.
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Can prominence matter even in an almost frictionless market?
2011 paper from the University of Oxford published in the Economic Journal on the significance of page rankings in Internet search results.
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Research chat: Clay Shirky on press freedom in a global era
2011 lecture by Clay Shirky at the Shorenstein Center on freedom of the press in a global age.
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The “invisible primary” and its effects on democratic choice
2010 study from Duke University in PS: Political Science on the dynamics of the U.S. presidential nominating system.
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Influence of climate change on coffee berry borer and coffee production in East Africa
2011 study published in PLoS One on the relationship between global warming, coffee production and the proliferation of invasive species in East Africa.
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New structural economics: A framework for rethinking development
2011 World Bank paper on a new theory of economic development emphasizing both industrial improvements and country-specific flexibility.
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Trends in the distribution of house income between 1979 and 2007
2011 Congressional Budget Office report analyzes IRS and Census Bureau data to track changes in income across classes of earners.
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