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PIPE Workshop: Chad Kendall (Political Parties as Drivers of US Polarization)

Virtual

The current polarization of elites in the U.S., particularly in Congress, is frequently ascribed to the emergence of cohorts of ideologically extreme legislators replacing moderate ones. Politicians, however, do not operate as isolated agents, driven solely by their preferences. They act within organized parties, whose leaders exert control over the Read more…

Police Officer Assignment and Neighborhood Crime

Virtual

PIPE Workshop: Bocar Ba, Duke University

Police Officer Assignment and Neighborhood Crime

We develop an empirical model of the mechanism used to assign police officers to Chicago districts and examine the efficiency and equity of alternative allocations.

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