[9] State violence, party formation, and electoral accountability: The political legacy of the Marikana massacre. Forthcoming at the American Political Science Review.
(with Ada Johnson-Kanu and Melissa Sands).
[8] Daughters do not affect political beliefs in a new democracy. (2023). Journal of Experimental Political Science, vol 10 (1).
(with Amanda Clayton and Natasha Dumas).
Paper. Replication archive.
[7] Correlates and Consequences of the 1918 Influenza in South Africa. (2021). South African Journal of Economics, vol 89 (2).
(with Johan Fourie, Jan Greyling, Elie Murard, and Johannes Norling).
[6] Racial isolation drives racial voting: Evidence from the new south africa. (2021). Political Behavior, vol 43 (1).
(with Melissa Sands)
[5] Local exposure to inequality raises support of people of low wealth for taxing the wealthy. (2020). Nature, vol 586.
(with Melissa Sands)
• Nature News and Views by Tredoux & Dixon
[4] Nuanced accountability: Voter responses to service provision in Southern Africa. (2020) British Journal of Political Science, vol 50 (1).
(with Evan S. Lieberman).
• Previous version available as Afrobarometer Working Paper no. 161
• Media coverage: Fin24
[3] Democratization and economic output in Sub-Saharan Africa. (2019). Political Science Research and Methods, vol 7 (1).
(with Stephen Wittels).
[2] Agents of the regime? Traditional leaders and electoral behavior in South Africa. (2018). Journal of Politics, vol 80 (2).
(with Horacio Larreguy).
• Fiona McGillivray Award for the best Political Economy paper (APSA 2014)
[1] Voting then, voting now: The long term consequences of participation in South Africa's first democratic election. (2017). Journal of Politics, vol 79 (2).
Bringing the polls to the people: How increasing electoral access encourages turnout but exacerbates political inequality. Paper.
Tools of Voter Suppression: Racial Disenfranchisement in the Cape of Good Hope. Paper.
(with Joachim Wehner).
- Media coverage: LSE Impact Blog
Does improving electoral access facilitate clientelism? A reassessment of theory and evidence.
(with J. Andrew Harris).
Geographic distance in quantitative social science: Concept, measurement, and analysis.
(with Melissa Sands).
Exposure to inequality as an explanation of the Robin Hood paradox.
(with Melissa Sands).
Formation, fracture, and crisis: Electoral politics in post-apartheid South Africa, 1994 to 2024.
Electoral access as distributive politics [book project]
(with J. Andrew Harris).
Disengaged by choice? Why urban youth don't participate in formal politics. Paper.
(with Kate Orkin, Adam Berinsky, and Daniel Posner).
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