Matthew E Bergman

Ever since I started graduate school it has been my dream to publish in @jepp_journal. It's been quite the journey, but now I, WCM, and @HannaEBack have done so. We explore connections between government ideology and labour policy reforms tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Every bit the free speech lover Musk is and with his friends and family now owning virtually every media outlet in the country, Orban's Hungary ranks slightly below Sierra Leone in terms of freedom of press. Meanwhile, the 2024 ranking puts Romania slightly above the US.

Honored to be asked to lead this workshop for @OPUSinitiative Interested in populism but quantitatively anxious? Share with relevant PhD, MA, or other early career researchers Register here: forms.gle/tdw8Xn1QdGTdBH…

@jacksantucci Open access too!

Looks good. academic.oup.com/book/62098

A cautionary tale for valence populists entering government. I focus on M5S but include a discussion of CEE and Southern European (valence) populists in power. TLDR: without an ideological core, such parties are more harshly judged on their performance doi.org/10.1017/ipo.20…

I saw this ad during the World Series last night. Good thing I’d already turned in my ballot. Because some of those are definitely not politicians I want to associate my vote with.

Incredibly happy to see my paper forthcoming in @QJEHarvard! I quantify how much of worldwide growth and poverty reduction can be accounted for by education over 1980-2019. A quick summary 1/9 👇

Still using the party family approach to #nicheparty analysis? Don't worry, it is a valid approach when studying party issue responsiveness (but not the commies) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Open Access thanks to @uni_corvinus

Finishing the issue diversification trilogy (center-right & nationalist parties can gain from a more diverse issue agenda; green & center-left not) 4 years later Opposite effect for Ethno-Regional parties: issue diversification is not a successful strategy doi.org/10.1080/174490…

@EJPRjournal theloop.ecpr.eu/coalition-barg… Summarized argument

📘 Vol 63.4 💭 Why the long negotiation? H.Bäck, @MeBergman2 & W C Müller argue that #coalition bargaining time 🤝, regardless of whether it results in a written policy agreement or not , is an investment in future #GovernmentReform productivity bit.ly/4aJqLBu #OA 🔓

🇦🇹 Austrian parties have finally formed a new govt – on their 3rd bargaining attempt. 📘 Based on @EJPRJournal research, @MeBergman2 and Wolfgang C Muller argue that time spent bargaining is an investment in future govt policy productivity 📈. bit.ly/4jK0Zku

Honored on @uni_corvinus wall of research

Ever since I started graduate school it has been my dream to publish in @jepp_journal. It's been quite the journey, but now I, WCM, and @HannaEBack have done so. We explore connections between government ideology and labour policy reforms tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

NEW ARTICLE! Even after the end of a government, voters still ideologically associate cooperating parties with one another. Find out more in this paper by @MeBergman2 and @Svenja_Krauss @uni_corvinus tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Jeffrey Sachs Brings Real Politics to the EU Parliament @mvdschulenburg

The New York Times is pure propaganda.

When people ask me when I realized that Trump would win, I always say the week before when my sister showed me her TikToxic.

Thanks Ezra -- a good spot indeed.

la regina tra i semplici uomini 🤩

Here's a provocative new paper "Confronting the New Gatekeepers of Experimental Political Science" doi.org/10.33774/apsa-…

@pushkinpods @TimHarford @jacobgoldstein Austria has a carbon tax that goes back to everyone

A brand new #CautionaryTales featuring YOUR questions is out now with @TimHarford and @jacobgoldstein - go listen!: lnk.to/wxsRZF

I have repeatedly made this point, again and again and again: The vast majority of waste, fraud, abuse, and overbearing, job-killing regulation is not in the federal government. It's the planning bureaucrats in your local city hall and zoning board.