Levi Boxell

Independent

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Scholarly Papers (14)

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Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing During the Coronavirus Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w26946
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023
New York University (NYU), Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University, University College London - Drayton House and Harvard University
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What Explains Temporal and Geographic Variation in the Early US COVID-19 Pandemic?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 May 2020 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2024
Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research New England, Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford University and Cornell University
Downloads 818 (65,731)
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Coronavirus, Public policy, Health behaviors, Disease transmission

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Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2020
Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research New England, Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University, Harvard University and Harvard University
Downloads 705 (79,915)
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Coronavirus, Political polarization, Media trust, Health behaviors

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Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization

NBER Working Paper No. w26669
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Independent, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Demographic Change and Political Polarization in the United States

Economics Letters, Vol. 192, No. 109187, 2020
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2020
Levi Boxell
Independent
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mass polarization; partisan animosity; affective polarization; education

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Slanted Images: Measuring Nonverbal Media Bias During the 2016 Election

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 May 2021
Levi Boxell
Independent
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media bias, images as data, elections, machine learning, emotions

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Taxing Dissent: The Impact of a Social Media Tax in Uganda

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Levi Boxell and Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
Independent and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Downloads 255 (259,623)
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social media, censorship, political dissent, protest, riot, tax

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Droughts, Conflict, and the African Slave Trade

Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2019
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2020
Levi Boxell
Independent
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slave trade, conflict, climate, droughts

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Is the Internet Causing Political Polarization? Evidence from Demographics

NBER Working Paper No. w23258
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Independent, Stanford University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Consuming Values

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Jacob Conway and Levi Boxell
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Independent
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socially conscious consumerism, corporate governance, ESG, stakeholder theory, corporate finance, industrial organization, quantitative marketing

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Journalist Ideology and the Production of News: Evidence from Movers

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Dec 2022
Levi Boxell and Jacob Conway
Independent and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Media Bias, Slant, Journalists, Movers Event Study

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The Slave Trade and Conflict in Africa, 1400-2000

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Levi Boxell, John T. Dalton and Tin Cheuk Leung
Independent, Wake Forest University and Wake Forest University - Department of Economics
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Slave Trade, Conflict, Resource Curse, Institutions, Africa

Affective Polarization Did Not Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2021
Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Rochester - Department of Political Science and Stanford University
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partisanship, political polarization, coronavirus, public opinion, group attitudes

Affective Polarization Did Not Increase During the Coronavirus Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w28036
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023
Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Rochester - Department of Political Science and Stanford University
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What Explains Temporal and Geographic Variation in the Early Us Coronavirus Pandemic?

NBER Working Paper No. w27965
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
New York University (NYU), Independent, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford University and Harvard University
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