This study extends the political science and political psychology literature on the political ideology of lawmakers by … addressing the following question: How stable is a legislator's political ideology over time? In doing so, we employ Nokken …-Poole scores of legislators' political ideology for members of the United States (U.S.) House of Representatives and the U …

disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 …

This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies …, measurement of government ideology and empirical strategies to identify causal effects. Many studies conclude that parties do …, but these studies using data for the national level do not derive causal effects. Ideology-induced policies are prevalent …

We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …