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Electing To Take On Risk: Political Uncertainty, Midterm Elections, And The Cross-Section Of Stock Returns, John Thornhill

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The relatively high average returns on stocks are understood to be partly a function of the risk taken on by investors when investing in stocks. One source of this risk is the uncertainty regarding future government policy. This uncertainty, though, is not constant across time; it is greatest around elections, when new policies are unknown and the impact of the policies will be relatively immediate. As uncertainty resolves following the election, risk premia should decrease & prices should rise. Thus, investors who buy stocks during this period of uncertainty should be compensated with higher average returns in the months following …

A Home Shielded By Laws: Freedom Suits And Enslaved Mothers, Heidi Martin

Digital Legal Research Lab

This project collects, digitizes, and makes accessible the freedom suits brought by enslaved families in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, Maryland state courts, and the United States Supreme Court. This project places families in the foreground of our interpretive framework of slavery and national formation.

Using TEI encoding, we focused on outcomes, relationships between individuals and the claim for freedom made. Using these data sets, I focused specefically on mothers petitioning for their children. Of the 508 cases I utilized, 131 included children and a parental figure. I set out to distinguish the additional burden mothers had …

In The Waiting: The Role Of The Slave Bastille In Antebellum D.C., Ellyzabeth Morales-Ledesma

Digital Legal Research Lab

In 1808 the Transatlantic Slave Trade ended and in turn the government created a federally protected human market. As the South's demand for human labor force increased the domestic slave trade rocketed and in turn created even more turmoil for the Black population if the United States. Slave Traders and Man-Dealers took advantage of the market and kidnapped Free Black men women and children. While waiting to be sold enslaved people would be admitted into holding cells and jails; this was the creation of slave jails and Slave Bastilles. Slave jails served as places where the horrors of a human …

Coding Appendix 1: Code Method And Code Lists, Cristine De Clercy, Alex Marland

Political Science Publications

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C-Dem Annual Report 2022, Allison Harell, Laura Stephenson

Annual Reports

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Polarization And Campaign Dynamics: C-Dem Forum Presentation, Sarah Lachance, Richard Johnston

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Canadian Provincial Elections During The Covid-19 Pandemic: C-Dem Forum, Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Holly Ann Garnett

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Partisanship And American Nationalism: C-Dem Forum, Leonie Huddy, Alessandro Del Ponte, Jacob Martin, Caitlin Davies

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Electoral Democracy In A Post-Pandemic World: Centring The Citizen C-Dem Forum Presentation, Sabreena Delhon

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Pluralism In Canada: Black Canadian Lives Matter? Attitudes On Racial Inequalities In Canada, Ruth Dassonneville, Nadjim Fréchet

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Covid 19 And The Polarization Of The American Public: C-Dem Forum Presentation, Matthew Lebo, David A. Armstrong Ii, Timothy B. Gravelle, Hannah Verrips

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Diversity And Canadian Electoral Democracy: Racial Attitudes And Party Evaluation In Canada 1988 To 2021, Randy Besco, J. Scott Matthews

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Diversity And Canadian Electoral Democracy: Western Allienation And Gender, Jared Wesley, Lisa Young, Loleen Berdahl, Lauren Hill

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Pluralism In Canada: Intergroup Relations And Belonging: Evidence From The Canada Report Of The Global Pluralism Monitor, Daniel Westlake, Caroline Dick, Keith Banting

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Diversity And Canadian Electoral Democracy: Racial Discrimination At The Polls? The Case Of Jugmeet Singh, Matthew Polacko, Allison Harell

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Collaborative Research On Elections: Élections Québec, Monica Rosales

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Collaborative Research On Elections: Elections Saskatchewan, Michael Boda

C-Dem Forum 2022

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Do Question Topic And Placement Shape Breakoff Rates, Luke Plutowski, Elizabeth Zechmeister

Workshop: Survey Design Under Constraints

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How Worried Should We Be? The Implications Of Fabricated Survey Data For Political Science, Oscar Castorena, Mollie Cohen, Noam Lupu, Elizabeth Zechmeister

Workshop: Survey Design Under Constraints

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Buying Their Way In: Redistribution Of Campaign Resources As A Path To State Legislative Leadership For Women, Jaclyn J. Kettler

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Women continue to be underrepresented in legislative leadership. This is concerning in U.S. legislatures, where leaders have substantial control over resources and policymaking. As an outgroup, women face additional barriers to power in politics, making it difficult to become a legislative leader. How can women gain influence within their political party? I argue one potential path for overcoming these barriers is the redistribution of campaign resources to other party actors, which helps facilitate connections in the party. These relationships help candidates gain influence, and they can draw on them for support in the legislature. Do women candidates redistribute funds to …