For no particular reason whatsoever, it feels like a good time to re-post my article with @sarahcroco.bsky.social and Mike Hanmer on the (lack of) costs presidents pay for backing down.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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At What Cost? Reexamining Audience Costs in Realistic Settings | The Journal of Politics: Vol 83, No 1
Scholars have argued that leaders pay domestic audience costs for backing down from a prior position. We challenge this argument theoretically and methodologically. We argue that scholars have erred b...
