Why do politicians rebel and vote against the party line when high stakes bills come to the
floor of the legislature? To address that question, we leverage the three so-called …

The English and French Revolutions represent a turning point in history, marking the
beginning of the modern rise of democracy. Recent advances in cultural evolution have put …

Does democracy curb domestic political violence? To study this, we focus on the United
Kingdom's Representation of the People Act of 1867—which is a critical juncture in the …

This paper conducts a systematic review and comparative analysis of the institutional
impacts of nonviolent versus violent revolutions. It examines sixty-six quantitative studies …

A protest is a collective action undertaken by a group of people to achieve a common goal.
Participation in protests is motivated by appraisals of a social condition. The dual pathway …

We study how far-right rallies affect migration flows. To address this question, we use
administrative and survey data from Germany and exploit that the city of Dresden …

This paper analyses the role of peaceful and violent protest in the democratization process.
We interpret the democratization process as a sequence of phases so as to allow citizens' …

We collect information about more than 5000 Prussian politicians, digitize administrative
data on the provision of health-promoting public goods, and gather local-level information …

The literature considers nonviolent protests among the most important predictors of
transitions towards democracy and democratic reforms. This study addresses the …

Industrial policies, such as infrastructure investments and export tariffs, affect the allocation
of labor and incomes across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest …