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David Foster
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Assistant Professor of Political Science at FSU. Berkeley PhD. I study American political institutions, esp. presidential unilateralism. "An excellent scholar, but perhaps a poor fit". http://www.fosterps.com

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Journal of Public Policy @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social · Oct 10
A new interesting article by @davidfoster.bsky.social and Joseph Warren is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled "Why participation? Institutions and inequality in urban politics”.
Enjoy it here: t.ly/TpJNS

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Dec 11
Learn some auction theory! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/b...
Judge Lopez said that the bankruptcy auction failed to maximize the amount of money that the sale of Infowars should provide to Mr. Jones’s creditors, including the Sandy Hook families, in part because the bids were submitted in secret. “It seemed doomed almost from the moment they decided to go to a sealed bid,” Judge Lopez said. “Nobody knows what anybody else is bidding,” he added.

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Sep 28
⚖️Using a formal model, @davidfoster.bsky.social shows unilateralism can alter the landscape of group power through policy feedback effects, and survive a purportedly opposed new president www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView #OpenAccess

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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · May 27
📢Politics, not expertise, drove the origins of the administrative state: @davidfoster.bsky.social & Joseph Warren use a formal model to show how potential policy feedback effects made an antibusiness coalition between liberals & populists unachievable.➡️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/politics-not...
Politics, Not Expertise, Drove the Origins of the Administrative State - The JOP´s Political Science Blog
Two upcoming decisions by the Supreme Court, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, may significantly diminish the power of administrative agencies. Th...
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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Dec 1
Thanks, David!

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Dec 1
Thanks, Elizabeth!

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Dec 1
Thanks, Michael!

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Dec 1
I am excited to announce that I am joining Florida State University as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in Fall 2024. Looking forward to working with so many great colleagues also using formal theory and quantitative methods. Let me know if you are ever in Tallahassee!

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 23
But Nickelson voters have a profitable deviation.

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 23
The proper way of pre-registering your annoyance with the NYT is to write something up NYT Pitchbot-style.

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 21
My Thanksgiving Day plans: go to the dentist.

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 18
How did this get published in The Washington Post? See if you notice the obvious question left totally unaddressed.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Nov 18
One way to help tackle the growing plastic pollution problem could be all around us: microscopic bacteria and fungi.
One solution to the plastic crisis may lie in bugs’ bellies
Scientists are trying to engineer plastic-eating microorganisms that could help tackle our trash problem.
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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 11
Did he not have a comb handy?

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 11
There is the whole behavioral economics literature on hyperbolic discounting. Relatedly, you should check out that on commitment devices.

Not sure why you are interested in this though. Don't you have a constant discount factor and complete and transitive preferences across all time and space?

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 8
Your organization probably set up special exemptions to their users' mail filters for certain specific sets of addresses. So someone deemed Shasta to be critically important.

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 5
"State capacity" is quite hard to define. Sounds like Louisiana could clean up litter if it wanted to. But maybe the preferences of bureaucrats are part of capacity. Vaguely reminiscent of the concept of X-inefficiency from economics, which was similarly squishy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ineff...

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David Foster @davidfoster.bsky.social · Nov 3
Sometimes it's better to forget.