2 papers
econ.TH2024
The Political Economy of Zero-Sum Thinking
S. Nageeb Ali, Maximilian Mihm, Lucas Siga
This paper offers a strategic rationale for zero-sum thinking in elections. We show that asymmetric information and distributional considerations together make voters wary of polic…
econ.EM2024
Starting Small: Prioritizing Safety over Efficacy in Randomized Experiments Using the Exact Finite Sample Likelihood
Neil Christy, A. E. Kowalski
We use the exact finite sample likelihood and statistical decision theory to answer questions of ``why?'' and ``what should you have done?'' using data from randomized experiments…