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Yasushi Asako
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formal political theory, game theory, experiments @ Waseda Univ., Japan
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POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Putin ordered to kill Navalny, because Putin is unpopular, feared but unloved. Navalny was able to draw tens of thousands to dangerous protests; Putin was not - to safe support meetings. Putin feared Navalny's popularity among regular police, security, and armed forces. 1/
February 16, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Another sad news on this very bad day. Dmitry Markov, a master of photography, a chronicler of the Russian daily life, died today. One of his world-famous pieces was a symbolic photo from a Russian court room.
February 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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I wrote a few words to try to process the murder of Alexei Navalny.
Generational talent
Alexei Navalny is dead, murdered by the man whose corruption and brutality he dared to contest. — How is it, I sometimes hear from friends or relatives here, that in a country of 300 million we can…
scottgehlbach.net
February 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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Hello, gorgeous!

(The HPE Oxford Handbook is out! Thanks to Jeff Jenkins and @jaredcrubin.com for organizing)
February 7, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Now officially a field.
February 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Jan 31 is the submission deadline for SIOE 2024 in Chicago. Grad students will receive a 50% discount on registration fees; low-cost housing is also available. Please apply!
Hi all - Here is the call for papers for SIOE 2024, which I am organizing @UChicago next summer, June 27–29. All sessions will be at the beautiful Keller Center @HarrisPolicy, with a gala cruise on Lake Michigan + blues band the last night. Please apply! www.sioe.org/conference/2...
January 25, 2024 at 5:52 PM
WP is out. This is a laboratory experiment on belief polarization, a type of opinion polarization.

There are two treatments: showing the entire payoff structure or having subjects calculate it, and the latter revealed that the size of polarization was larger.

dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
January 25, 2024 at 3:03 AM