This study evaluates the impact of text messaging interventions on voter registration updates in two scenarios: one involving unresponsive…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation. We use administrative…
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
To move forward on any of the challenges confronting Boston, we have to think about how we are — physically — getting there. Climate change…
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
We study the contribution of economic conditions to the success of the first avowedly nativist political party in the United States. The…
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each
year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We…