Sergiu Lipcean
sergiulipcean.bsky.social
Sergiu Lipcean
@sergiulipcean.bsky.social
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