The big reveal: Most believe taxing the rich not only promotes equality — it also fosters growth. 📈

This "dual benefit" belief is strongest for income and inheritance taxes. People are more skeptical about corporate tax hikes.

📢Come and join the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Berlin next week:

Kris-Stella Trump, JHU (@kstrump.bsky.social‬)
"Perceptions of Income vs Wealth Inequality: A distinction without a difference?"

When? Tuesday, June 17, 12pm
Where? ISW #002

All welcome!

To be clear the dots just represent binned averages (~3h), we have over 1,000 respondents within 24h of the vote. This is the estimate of the effect. As mentioned, this holds for related outcomes, suggesting a consistent pattern.

On Jan 29, Germany's conservative CDU/CSU broke a longstanding taboo by accepting votes from the far-right AfD. How did German citizens respond? A preliminary analysis of an ongoing survey suggests that the conservatives might have actually benefited from their move (at least in the short term). 1/5

Don't miss tomorrow's @humboldtuni.bsky.social Politics Lecture Series, with an exciting talk by @markuswagner.bsky.social - all welcome!

Next week at the @humboldtuni.bsky.social Politics Lecture Series, we will have an exciting talk by @deandulay.bsky.social, all welcome!

🗣️ "The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines"
⏰Tuesday (Feb 4), 12-1pm, ISW #002

5/ To test our argument, we analyzed historical mission data from the World Missionary Atlas (1,895 Protestant missions) and contemporary Afrobarometer survey data on education and democracy from 19 former British African colonies.

📣Next Tuesday at the Politics Lecture Series, HU Berlin 📣

@lhaffert.bsky.social presents exciting new work on "The persistent electoral effects of the German Anti-Socialist Laws (1878-1890)"

Time: 12.00-13.00
Place: HU Main Building (UdL6), Room 1066e

Join us!

My paper on perceptions of international inequality and demand for redistribution (aid) is now out at PSRM.

With a survey experiment in Kenya, I show that despite concerns about international inequality, it does not increase demand for aid.

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

📣 Politics Lecture Series at Humboldt University Berlin

We are excited to welcome @francescocolombo.bsky.social for his talk "Norm-breaking Political Communication, Emotional Reactions, and Status Threat"

Tomorrow, 12pm - don't miss it!

📣The Politics Lecture Series @ HU Berlin is back on tomorrow

Gurminder Bhambra (Sussex) will give a talk on "Varieties of Empires, Varieties of Colonialism" - join us!

⏰The Politics Lecture Series kicks off tomorrow! ⏰

We're excited to have Lydia Tiede (U Houston) present

"Judicial Backsliding: A Guide to Collapsing the Separation of Powers"

Come, learn, & discuss with us!

📣 4 student RA positions in Berlin ‼️

Interested in polarization and quantitative data analysis? Join our new Einstein Research Unit in setting up the Berlin Polarization Monitor (public opinion/media).

Application deadline: Oct 26

🔥The Politics Lecture Series @HumboldtUni is back🔥

We have an amazing line-up this term. Talks are open to everyone, so join us if you are in Berlin.

Thanks also to my co-organizers @anselmhager.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social Silvia von Steinsdorff @hannaschwander.bsky.social Christian Volk

It's been four years since I first published COLDAT, a simple dataset on the reach and duration of European colonial empires.

After almost 2,500 downloads 🙏 I'm now happy to share the first update with some important corrections.

doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...