Matt Grossmann
Michigan State political scientist & director; fellow; contributor; New Book: Red State Blues #SocSciResearch
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The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior Book 20) - Kindle edition by Gillion, Daniel Q.. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior Book 20) - Kindle edition by Gillion, Daniel Q.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like...
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Matt Grossmann Enjoyed The Loud Minority, a good poli sci take on social movements: Liberal (conservative) protests increase Democratic (Republican) party identification, campaign contributions, & vote share; local BlackLivesMatter protests increased Black turnout 3h
The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception: 9780190922665: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com
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The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception: 9780190922665: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com
Matt Grossmann The Triumph of Doubt is a good overview of scientific distortions from industry product defense. Also a reminder that generic methods critiques & higher bars for evidence are useful to industry & should be paired with investigations of researcher biases 12h
MSU Today with Russ White
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MSU Today is a lively look at MSU-related people, places, events and attitudes put into focus by Russ White. 
Measuring News Consumption With Behavioral Versus Survey Data by Tobias Konitzer, Jennifer Allen, Stephanie Eckman, Baird Howland, Markus M. Mobius, David M. Rothschild, Duncan Watts :: SSRN
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Surveys are a vital tool in understanding public opinion and knowledge, but self-reported behavior in surveys generally leads to inaccurate estimations. We expl
Matt Grossmann News consumption is over-reported in surveys for all modes: online & social media in addition to TV #SocSciResearch 29h
Political ideology and compensatory control mechanisms
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People strive to feel in control. As such, under control threat, people defensively endorse ideologies that help compensate for diminished control. Al…
Matt Grossmann conservatives are higher in the need for control, but the endorsement of other ideologies can also serve as compensatory control mechanisms #SocSciResearch 30h
State Policies to Address COVID-19 School Closure | IPPSR
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The COVID-19 crisis led to a near-nationwide closure of K-12 public schools. Many states are not planning to re-open schools for face-to-face instruction for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced that...
Matt Grossmann We are tracking state responses to the closure of K-12 schools here: We include schedule, distance learning, special ed, assessment, & finance but it's changing fast Please see info on your state from the drop-down & send any corrections or updates 57h
Presidential party affiliation and electoral cycles in the U.S. economy: Evidence from party changes in adjacent terms
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Unique evidence presented in this study challenges previous findings about presidential politics and business cycles. Prior studies find strong eviden…
Matt Grossmann Party changes show a much smaller Democratic presidential advantage in economic growth & evidence for a pre-election growth surge for Republican Presidents #SocSciResearch 59h
The direct election of senators and the emergence of the modern presidency | Political Science Research and Methods
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The direct election of senators and the emergence of the modern presidency - Thomas R. Gray, Jeffery A. Jenkins, Philip B.K. Potter
Matt Grossmann direct election of senators was associated with Senate votes to delegate foreign policy authority to the executive, suggesting that new senators answered to a public less interested in foreign policy, fostering a greater presidential role #SocSciResearch 59h
Harvey2016/PublicJDI
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A repository for publicly accessible data collected as part of the Jail Data Initiative (JDI) by the Public Safety Lab at New York University - Harvey2016/PublicJDI
Percolating ideas: The effects of caffeine on creative thinking and problem solving
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Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychotropic drug in the world, with numerous studies documenting the effects of caffeine on people’s alertness, …
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Matt Grossmann Caffeine improves problem solving but not idea generation #SocSciResearch 3d
The effects of communicating uncertainty on public trust in facts and numbers
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Does openly communicating uncertainty around facts and numbers necessarily undermine audiences’ trust in the facts, or the communicators? Despite concerns among scientists, experts, and journalists, this has not been studied extensively. In four...
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Matt Grossmann Communicating uncertainty in quantitative estimates increases perceived uncertainty & leads to a small decrease in trust in numbers & trustworthiness of the source #SocSciResearch 3d
Black communities hit harder by coronavirus in Michigan, not just Detroit
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Communities with higher percentages of African-Americans so far have been hit harder by the coronavirus in Michigan. Lawmakers want more data about victims to allocate resources, but some fear a
Matt Grossmann Black communities hit harder by coronavirus in Michigan, not just Detroit 4d
Why The Progressive Left Fits So Uncomfortably Within The Democratic Party | FiveThirtyEight
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Graphics by Ryan Best With dozens of candidates trading endless jabs over policies like Medicare for All and systems like capitalism and socialism, this primary…
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Matt Grossmann Left voters in the Democratic Party don’t stand out on issues, but they do stand out for their lack of support for party leaders beloved by the rest of the party & their love for social movements instead 4d
Shifting attributions for poverty motivates opposition to inequality and enhances egalitarianism
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Piff and Wiwad et al. find that attributing poverty to situational forces is associated with greater concern for inequality, and three experiments reveal that increasing situational attributions for poverty motivates egalitarianism up to 5 months...
Matt Grossmann situational attributions for poverty are associated with reduced support for inequality, across countries & individuals; Bolstering situational attributions through writing or computer exercises increases egalitarian action & reduces support for inequality 4d
Higher economic inequality intensifies the financial hardship of people living in poverty by fraying the community buffer
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Jachimowicz et al. find that increased income inequality increases financial hardship particularly for individuals with low income, in part by weakening the community buffer that could otherwise offer support.
Matt Grossmann increasing economic inequality is associated with an increase of financial hardship among low-income individuals because it reduces their propensity to seek informal financial support from others #SocSciResearch 4d
The dual evolutionary foundations of political ideology
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Claessens et al. propose that the two dimensions of political ideology identified by previous research correspond to two key shifts in the evolution of human group living: a shift towards cooperation and a shift towards group conformity.
Matt Grossmann human evolution required both more cooperation across wider networks & more conformity to social group norms. The associated fitness trade-offs maintain variation in willingness to cooperate & conform, giving rise to the 2 dimensions of political ideology 4d
The impact of research output on economic growth by fields of science: a dynamic panel data analysis, 1980–2016
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Whether research output significantly impacts on economic growth, and which research areas/fields of science matter the most to improve the economic performance of countries, stand as fundamental endeavors of scientific inquiry. Although the extant...
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Matt Grossmann research output predicts national economic growth, more so in engineering & technology, social sciences, & physics 4d
Who should decide the party’s nominee? Understanding public attitudes toward primary elections - Zachary Albert, Raymond J La Raja,
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Primary elections in the United States reflect the most inclusive nomination process among political parties across democracies. The desire for mass participati...
Matt Grossmann Most voters have a pluralistic approach to selecting party nominees, allowing party officials & experts to weigh in on picking candidates. But conservative Republicans are more opposed to elite influence. Extremists are more populist #SocSciResearch 4d
The Tax Advantage of Big Business: How the Structure of Corporate Taxation Fuels Concentration and Inequality - Sandy Brian Hager, Joseph Baines,
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Corporate concentration in the United States has been on the rise in recent years, sparking a heated debate about its causes, consequences, and potential remedi...
Matt Grossmann The increasing Tax Advantage of Big Business is tied to decreasing capital expenditure & more dividends & stock buybacks #SocSciResearch 4d
Disparities in a Flagship Political Science Journal? Analyzing Publication Patterns in the JOP, 1939-2019 | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Matt Grossmann JOP articles have become more methodologically focused over time, helping men authors; they have also become more comparative, helping women a bit; but women remain underrepresented in submissions & acceptances (all men co-authors rising) #SocSciResearch 4d