Alberto López

New short paper w @j_kalla! Candidates gain from moderation, but less than many theories expect. Many conclude voters must not care about issues. This is wrong. Small *average* effects mask large effects on specific issues & are consistent with widespread issue-based voting 🧵

New @AJPS_Editor paper shows that beliefs about abortion are more stable over time than personality traits.

@AlvaroLario 🫂

La islamofobia también es de izquierdas y por eso Vox gana al poner el foco en tu vecino marroquí. Lo que hay detrás de la polémica del burka y el niqab ya lo avisó @bertous y lo contamos en EC. elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-02…

Do homophobia and sexual prejudice still exist in tolerant societies? In POQ, Ortega & Bosco's new study reveals how non-traditional relationships continue to be stigmatised in parenting contexts, even in seemingly liberal societies. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/nf…

Let a thousand nulls flourish? Concerns about AI research slop are real, but there is also meta-scientific upside: we can open up the file drawer. We often abandon projects that don’t pan out or are too costly to pursue, while others toil away chasing the same dead end.

1) El asilo no puede negarse por razones ideológicas. 2) La mayoría de venezolanos no han conseguido asilo, sino residencia por razones humanitarias, lo cual se debe a que: 3) está prohibido devolver a alguien, sea o no refugiado, a un país en el que pueda sufrir torturas.

🫡Do multiple parties help dictators survive? ➡️ Using data from Latin America, @NatanSki & @aperezli find that allowing multiple parties can reduce the risk of popular revolt but increases the likelihood of gradual, top-down democratization cambridge.org/core/journals/… #FirstView

🤷Does tribal thinking toward ethnic out-groups shape policy support? ➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous & S. Turnbull-Dugarte show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues cambridge.org/core/journals/… #FirstView

New publication with Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte in @PSRMJournal! 🧵 We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them? Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇

Lastly, we are super thankful to those, including the reviewers, who helped us make the better! :)

The paper is open access at PSRM: doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2… Replication materials on Harvard Dataverse: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GJ… (10/11)