Sergiu Lipcean
sergiulipcean.bsky.social
Sergiu Lipcean
@sergiulipcean.bsky.social
For those interested in the effects of direct public funding of political parties on various dimensions of political activity, a brief review.

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Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties
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December 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reposted by Sergiu Lipcean
New thread on @sergiulipcean.bsky.social 's critique of panel data methods in an influential study of political corruption:

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tl; dr: simpler models are better than "causal" models if you don't know the DGP.

let's go... 🏎️⚡

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Do political finance reforms really reduce corruption? A replication study - Sergiu Lipcean, Fernando Casal Bértoa, 2024
In their 2021 article published in the British Journal of Political Science, Calla Hummel, John Gerring, and Thomas Burt (henceforth Hummel et al.) examine the ...
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January 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM