As James Madison would not hesitate to tell us, the scale of a polity or jurisdiction is one of the most basic factors organizing political life. By scale, I refer to the number of inhabitants (or, alternately, constituents or voters) in a political unit, although geographic size may also shape political behavior. Large jurisdictional scale implies that candidates for office must campaign in la...

Compared to mature investment firms, first-time funds in private equity lack an investment and performance track record, and require alternative signals to establish initial trust with investors. The paper finds that investors allocate more capital to first-time funds if they have a higher share of managers with relevant experience, such as from another private equity group or a bank. In partic...

Starting up a new lab is of a course a great challenge, but few young PIs will realize that getting started is the easy part. Indeed, once the lab is up and running, and hopefully doing very well, a whole new set of challenges emerges on top of the typical ones like fund raising and paper publication. Perhaps most dauntingly, you’ll be expected to manage the different people in your group, buil...

Although many think campaign donations buy influence from legislators, scholars have difficulty determining whether and how much influence contributions have in the legislative process. Many studies seek to identify the influence of donors on roll call votes. After considerable debate most scholars have concluded that donors have little influence on these votes. What voting studies cannot detec...

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) has already achieved great popularity as a method for personal development and excellence. It is used by successful educators, managers, trainers, salespeople, market researchers, counselors, consultants, medics, top athletes lawyers. However, there lack of understanding about the secrets behind success neuro-linguistic training in various areas human life. Wh...

This article presents an educational design research study that explores the effectiveness of incorporating a deductive approach into consciousness raising activities in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms for non-English major students. The aims to enhance students' grammatical awareness and accuracy through instructional strategy, using translation practices focusing on conscious rul...

Matching and Challenge Gifts to Charity: Evidence from Laboratory and Natural Field Experiments This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a portion of the $200 billion annually given to charities. We find evidence that challenge gifts positiv...

Businesses and green activists seek to influence public attention to the social impacts of a sector—they play salience games. An activist allocates funds between campaigning against a polluting industry and other environmental projects. When public attention is scarce, a greater campaign orientation induces industry to invest more heavily in symbolic action that cloaks damage and reduces the ri...