for taking political stances that is scaled by the salience of political decision-making. Increases in political salience … sanctioning mechanisms, middling levels of salience can pose the greatest threat, as regime supporters are insufficiently … the phenomenon of charged debates about democracy by identifying conditions under which heightened interest in political …

We introduce political salience into a canonical model of attacks against political regimes, as scaling agents … incentives, and we show that comparative statics in salience characterize stability. As main insight, when regime sanctions are … weak, increases from low to middling salience can pose the greatest threat to regimes - ever smaller shocks suffice to …

the insurgence. This outlines that the fundamental cause of the social problems and violence are due to the drug traffic … existence and the financing possibilities derived for the insurgence and Para militarism. In these terms the solution is the … manifestation and armed insurgence in the society and the state. …

We investigate how changes in the salience of a minority group affect the majority group's voting behavior …. Specifically, we focus on Muslim communities and their increased salience in daily life during Ramadan. To estimate a causal effect …

We investigate how changes in the salience of a minority group affect the majority group’s voting behavior …. Specifically, we focus on Muslim communities and their increased salience in daily life during Ramadan. To estimate a causal effect …

in a time-varying fashion. These findings are compatible with behavioral models emphasizing the importance of salience …

in a time-varying fashion. These findings are compatible with behavioral models emphasizing the importance of salience …

of citizens, who differ with respect to the salience of issues, we find pooling equilibria where voters are not able to … receive contributions. Second, the effectiveness of a lobby is maximized when the salience of an issue is low in the …