
Assistant Professor (tenure track) at @PolsciCph l Political representation, inequality, redistribution
Joined September 2015
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Running a survey? Wondering if you should include a “don’t know” response option in your policy preference questions? In our new @PSRMJournal paper, @CBWlezien and me examine the consequences of the DK option for (various) estimates of public opinion cambridge.org/core/journals/… 1/n
Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @World_Pol article, we seek to answer this question,
studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9… @benwansell @aslicansunar @matt_haslberger 1/n
Our findings help make sense of why governments don’t do more to address wealth inequality: since those who should be most supportive of inheritance taxation hold either no or ambivalent preferences, governments lack strong electoral incentives to implement higher taxes 12/n
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Fair Enough? Support for Redistribution in the Age of Inequality, @CharlotteCavai1 @CambridgeUP | Reviewed by @madselk at doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqae0…
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🚨 LSE Postdoc Fellow in Political Behaviour 🚨
We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great team @LSEGovernment!
Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
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🎅🎁🦌 ICYMI!!! Santa was extra pressed for time this year, but he brought a third and final 2024 issue of Democracy & Autocracy as part of his rounds, on a theme all gift-givers like him can appreciate: UNEQUAL DEMOCRACIES. 1/6
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Looking forward to @madselk 's talk today (12.00 am) on "Middle class democracy: economic inequality and political representation in comparative perspective"!
Join us in room 002 for this term's first politics lecture!
Excited to announced the next iteration of our Politics Lecture Series @HumboldtUni 🥳 Come and join us for a fantastic line-up! 📣
Looking forward to be kicking of this lecture series in a few weeks with a presentation of my current book project. Please feel free to join if you're around!
Excited to announced the next iteration of our Politics Lecture Series @HumboldtUni 🥳 Come and join us for a fantastic line-up! 📣
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“The most important tax reform moment since the late 80s" - APEX digs into tax policy and the stakes of November's elections bit.ly/3zFixMS
@Jacob_S_Hacker @NatashaRSarin @amorygethin @LauraSeelkopf @madselk @CharlotteCavai1 @ZLiscow @SuzMKahn @dsmitch28 @ChuckCBPP
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