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A NEW PLAYING FIELD: RETROSPECTIVE VOTING AND SOCCER IN BRAZIL

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Beyond “Red State, Blue State”: The Political Geography of Presidential Competition, 1828–2016

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The Noisy Neighbor Effect: How Negative Advertising in One State Influences Viewers Next DoorPreprint

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Individual Theories and the Role of Context

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What Research Reveals: Deficits of Electoral Accountability

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Conceptualizing Citizens’ Support for the European Union

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Contextual Theories of Political Support

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A Banking Crisis in the United Kingdom in an Era of Great Expectations

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.009

Banking Crises in Brazil in an Era of Low Expectations

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.012

Banking Crises in the United States Before the Era of Great Expectations

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The 2007–2009 Crisis and its Aftermath in the United States

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How Sociotropic Evaluation Influences Government Approval and Vote Choice in Japan: Using the Instrumental Variable on an Online Survey Experiment

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A Name to Blame for Trains: The Role of Attribution in Accountability∗Preprint

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The Impact of Nonpartisan Fiscal Institutions on Budgetary Delay

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Banking Crises in Brazil in an Era of Rising Expectations

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.013

Great Expectations, Banking Crises and Democratic Politics

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.003

米社会における格差の変容と2016年大統領選挙 白人高卒有権者に見る「バックラッシュ」とトランプ支持

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Retrospective economic judgments predict individual-level changes in vote preference in the US

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Dissatisfaction with Democracy: Inequality or Jobs?Preprint

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The Emergence of Great Expectations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Brazil

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.005

PaReSoGo: Dataset on party representation of social groups for 25 countries, 2002–2016

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Changing Expectations and Policy Responses to Banking Crises

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.006

Essays on political economy and development

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Household Wealth and Financialization in the United Kingdom, the United States and Brazil since the Nineteenth Century

Chwieroth, J. M., & Walter, A. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316649992.004

Banking Crises and Voters Over the Long Run

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Repression and Reelection in Democracies

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Introduction

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Banking Crises in the United Kingdom in an Era of Low Expectations

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Conclusion

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