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Jacob Edenhofer

@jacobedenhofer.bsky.social
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BA, PPE @warwickuni / MPhil, Comparative Government @UniofOxford / DPhil student in Politics @NuffieldCollege & @Politics_Oxford Link to my website: jacob-edenhofer.github.io

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 5h
I have no dog in this fight, but it's not like there is no evidence for mobility. Two things: 1. Not all evidence is of course equally good, which is an important debate. 2. Even if mobility is significant, one can still justify wealth taxation.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 7h
Bin an substanzieller Kritik immer interessiert — an reinem Insinuieren weniger
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 16h
Interesting trick to reveal info about secret votes 👇🏼 Journalists asked the members of parlament about their votes ex post and separately, and in one party, too many claimed to have abstained. (There were fewer abstentions overall. No hiding behind small numbers.) www.n-tv.de/politik/Beri...
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Berichte widerlegen Aussagen von CDU-Abgeordneten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Auch Tage nach der Wahl von AfD-Politiker Rausch zum Landtagspräsidenten in Sachsen-Anhalt köchelt die Gerüchteküche, woher die Ja-Stimmen kamen. Zwei Berichte zeigen nun, dass deutlich mehr CDU-Polit...
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 15h
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The Chart that Explains Work in America
Five eras of U.S. wage growth and the six stories that define them
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 19h
These US midterms need to arrive faster. The US owes the world a non-trivial dose of good news.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Terrible news -- UKICE was an important source of information for me (and I was very proud that we were able to publish two essays based on our Brexit-related research)
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Have you expanded on these thoughts in writing?
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Relatedly: Kurella, Anna-Sophie. 2025. “A Formal Model of Party Competition with Salience.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 37 (2): 156–75. doi.org/10.1177/0951....
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A formal model of party competition with salience - Anna-Sophie Kurella, 2025
Recent empirical research points at the significance of issue salience for party competition and argues that small parties emphasize secondary issues. This arti...
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very interesting paper! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looking forward to kicking off the LSE's brand-new Political Methodology seminar! I will present new work with @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social and Andrey Tkachenko on detecting batch-generated responses in survey data delivered by third-party vendors. Get in touch for the Zoom link or the draft.
Researchers who outsource survey fieldwork to third-party vendors cede oversight over the collection process. We present evidence that this practice is vulnerable to AI-generated responses within the vendor's pipeline. Analyzing an online survey of Russian residents in 2026, we detect a sharp discontinuity in data quality as the fieldwork deadline approached. Several distinct indicators, spanning open-ended text patterns, completion times, and closed-ended response distributions, shift together during the affected period. The patterns are consistent with coordinated batch generation rather than scattered respondent-level AI use.  While the current literature on AI contamination in surveys focuses on respondent-side threats, our case highlights a risk that data providers within an outsourced data collection pipeline may use AI to fabricate responses. We discuss conditions that amplify supply-side risks of AI responses and propose practical safeguards for researchers who outsource fieldwork.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is such a shame
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Well I suppose it’s time for me to note that part of this cull at the BBC is the show I present, Rethink. Not long-running but still I’ll miss the chance to talk about big ideas in a measured way with great guests. It’s been a blast.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fantastic thread by one of the most impressive young political scientists
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Germany's Die Linke won last month's Berlin election on a pledge to socialize ~220k flats owned by large landlords. A thread on why housing expropriation is a successful campaign promise, how Berlin's flats became an asset class, and what expropriation would do. 🧵
Front page of die tageszeitung (taz), 21 September 2026: Die Linke supporters cheer under the headline 'CDU enteignet' ('CDU expropriated'). Photo: Jörg Carstensen/imago.Bar chart of the 2026 Berlin state election (second votes): Linke 25.7% (2023: 12.2%), CDU 18.8% (28.2%), AfD 16.3% (9.1%), Greens 14.3% (18.4%), SPD 12.1% (18.4%), BSW 4.7%, FDP 2.5% (4.6%).
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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 07/10/2026
Worker-managed firms are a remedy for rising income inequality & protect social cohesion by increasing employees' bargaining power & providing an enhanced sense of self-worth. Data suggest well-designed co-ops compete with conventional firms in free markets with no evidence of a productivity gap.
Rising income inequality in Western high-income countries threatens democratic governance and social cohesion, and AI risks making it worse. Drawing on a forthcoming book, this column argues for worker-managed firms as a durable remedy. With no external owners taking profits, worker cooperatives protect against the rising bargaining power of employers and provide an enhanced sense of self-worth and self-determination for employees. Furthermore, the data suggest that well-designed worker cooperatives compete with conventional firms in free markets with no evidence of a productivity gap. Because they are underprovided by the market, it calls for government action to support worker cooperatives.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/france-...
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France and Germany strike deal to further weaken EU combustion engine phaseout – media | Clean Energy Wire
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's finally publication day for this decade-in-the-making book. @noamlupu.bsky.social and I explain why working-class jobs make up 70% of the average democracy's labor force, but only 2% of the average democracy's national lawmakers had working-class jobs when they got into politics.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Rechte Regierungen : Jetzt lasst sie halt mal machen? – Das geht nach hinten los
Rechte Parteien entzaubern sich nicht, wenn sie regieren. Da ist die Wissenschaft sehr klar. Wer den Satz sagt, hofft auf Regeln, die für die AfD nicht mehr gelten.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ist dem so? Heike Kluever hat das Papier doch (zu recht) sehr aktiv beworben. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...
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Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Excited to be in Mannheim to present new work with my superstar postdoc @joshuachoper.bsky.social (on the market). I've added a new intro slide for the occasion:
Reddit forum post asking "Should I feel ashamed that my parents are paying for my rent, groceries, other expenses when i'm 22? I feel like i'm too much of a liability to them because of this"

The top rated answer says: "Ride that train girlie It's a cold hard world and any honest leg up you can get you should take. There is absolutely no medal for doing things "on your own"."
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A propos of nothing: my grandfather was a politician who spent the last stretch of his career during the Berlusconi ascendance years. he'd say you can lose and lose again, but the most important act for anyone involved in politics is to preserve the seeds of anti-fascism for the next generation.
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Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On the topic of books I was fortunate enough to blurb, here's my two cents on Justin de Benedictis-Kesnner's (@jdbk.bsky.social) comprehensive tour de force, "The Fog of Accountability: How Institutions Keep Voters from Holding Their Local Governments Accountable."
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NBER @nber.org · 05/10/2026
New NBER Book released: The Economics of Place-Based Policies www.nber.org/books-and-ch...
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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job alert! More info on how to apply is available in the link shared below. Please help me circulate this information broadly 🙏 (1/2)
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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Nobelpreis für Medizin geht an Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann und Georg Nagel
Sie legten die Grundlage für die sogenannte Optogenetik: Den Medizin-Nobelpreis erhalten die drei Grundlagenforscher Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann und Georg Nagel.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/10/2026
#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social - Unrest, Shifting Power, and Death-Watch War - cup.org/4yC7oWE - Jesse C. Johnson & @thescottwolford.bsky.social #FirstView
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 04/10/2026
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - The Representation Trap: How Minority Power Shapes Electoral Politics in India - cup.org/4rIkZJ3 - @feyaadallie.bsky.social #FirstView
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From our FirstView: "Democratic Accountability with Citizen Coproduction" by Jie Ma, @keithschnak.bsky.social, and @ianrturner.bsky.social. buff.ly/QgJ8hoR
APSR abstract for "Democratic Accountability with Citizen Coproduction," by Jie Ma, Keith E. Schnakenberg, and Ian R. Turner, Modeling policies requiring citizen coproduction, the authors show low coproduction muddies voters' attribution of blame, and incumbents anticipate this by sometimes avoiding reforms when more likely to succeed. Full abstract is available in linked article.
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Freue mich auf die 14. Auflage des Lehrbuchs „Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine Einführung“, das demnächst erscheinen wird! Es ist vollständig aktualisiert und mit erheblichen strukturellen und didaktischen Änderungen versehen. www.amazon.de/Das-politisc...
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Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Eine Einführung : von Beyme, Klaus, Busch, Andreas: Amazon.de: Bücher
Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Eine Einführung : von Beyme, Klaus, Busch, Andreas: Amazon.de: Bücher
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November
Job adjob ad
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brück war eines der Gesichter des Dortmunder Neonazismus, der die Stadt in den 2000ern prägte. Er war Führungskader des "Nationalen Widerstands Dortmund", einer 2012 verbotenen militanten Neonazi-Kameradschaft. Danach wurde er Vize-Landeschef von "Die Rechte" und saß im Dortmunder Stadtrat.
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eine Szene aus "Inside CDU" zeigt, wie sich Stellung und Strategie von Neonazis in Deutschland verändert haben. Der Mann, der Sven Schulze mit dem Mikrofon durch die CDU-Wahlfeier verfolgt, war Führungskader einer militanten Neonazi-Kameradschaft, die in Dortmund mit Gewalt Angst verbreitete. 🧵
Foto: Alex Voelkel
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nothing to see here ... interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...
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AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?
The AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 03/10/2026
💯 The great strategic mistake was letting an oil soaked dictatorship reconstitute its war machine. Ukrainians, Georgians, and many others have suffered for NATO’s mistake.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🙏
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
👏
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My pleasure -- it's a great piece of work, which I very much admire!
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you, Tarik!
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you want to understand something about why East Germany is and remains different beyond the oversimplified explanations you often find, you should check out this thread by Jacob
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Re-upping this today — understanding German reunification and its ramifications seems more crucial than ever.
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Reunification Day to all who celebrate🧵
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great discussion of the “Messy Job” book by @lugaricano.bsky.social et al with @annastansbury.bsky.social and @adamposen.bsky.social. I loved the combination of elegant price theory (Garicano) and a labour-econ perspective on power (Stansbury). www.youtube.com/live/uqtSXxX...
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Book discussion: Messy Jobs: The Work that AI Cannot Reach
YouTube video by Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New paper in Electoral Studies, led by @annikaschuster.bsky.social and @jangoedeking.bsky.social with Julian Erhardt and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social What happened to voters' attitudes when Merz accepted a Bundestag majority with the AfD in January 2025? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NBER @nber.org · 02/10/2026
Technical change often simplifies work. This increases productivity, but it also makes workers more replicable or commoditized, and may therefore reduce wages, from Masao Fukui, @eminakamura2, and @JonSteinsson www.nber.org/papers/w35815
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Overfitting is a powerful drug
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Felix @wortmanncallejon.de · 02/10/2026
Due to the equilibrium effects on paper quality, I think it’s a good thing that anyone with a Claude Max subscription and a free weekend can now write a perfectly competent critique of empirical political science scholarship.
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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exclusionary backlash to job loss: Evidence from Germany doi.org/10.1086/744128 Paper forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow Alexander Trubowitz
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Exclusionary Backlash to Job Loss: Evidence from Germany | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
See also this thought-provoking and related JoD piece by Justin Daniels and @lucasiepmann.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
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Why Germany’s Mainstream Parties Have Lost Their Way | Journal of Democracy
The country’s far right is connecting with voters where they live. Germany’s mainstream parties need to borrow from that playbook and become a presence in the communities they hope to lead.
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For all those interested in actually understanding why the AfD did so well in Saxony-Anhalt, this dissertation by @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social is a must read! tichelbaecker.com/assets/pdf/D...
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