al fang

i am a researcher in tech. this page has some of my prior academic work.

publications

• When Do Voters Punish Politicians Who Violate Democratic Norms?
  with Adam Thal. American Politics Research, 2023.
• Historical Information and Beliefs About Racial Inequality
  with Steven White. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2022.

  local pdf

• Perceptions of Program Abuse and Support for Social Insurance
  with Scott Bokemper and Gregory Huber. American Politics Research, 2021.

  local pdf | online appendix

• Voting Behavior is Unaffected by Subtle Linguistic Cues: Evidence from a Psychologically Authentic Replication
  with Alan Gerber and Gregory Huber. Behavioural Public Policy, 2020.
• When Does Increasing Mobilization Effort Increase Turnout? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Reminder Calls
  with Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, and Catlan Reardon. American Politics Research, 2020.

  local pdf (paper and appendix)

• Perceptions of Deservingness and the Politicization of Social Insurance: Evidence from Disability Insurance in the United States
  with Gregory Huber. American Politics Research, 2019.

  local pdf | online appendix

• Can the Government Deter Discrimination? Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in New York City
  with Andrew Guess and Macartan Humphreys. Journal of Politics, 2019.

  online appendix | replication files | replication output

• The Comparative Effectiveness on Turnout of Positively versus Negatively Framed Descriptive Norms in Mobilization Campaigns
  with Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, and Catlan Reardon. American Politics Research, 2018.

  local pdf | online appendix

• Do Subtle Linguistic Interventions Priming a Social Identity as a Voter Have Outsized Effects on Voter Turnout? Evidence from a New Replication Experiment
  with Alan Gerber and Gregory Huber. Political Psychology, 2018.

  local pdf | online appendix

• Nongovernmental Campaign Communication Providing Ballot Secrecy Assurances Increases Turnout: Results from Two Large-Scale Experiments
  with Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, and Andrew Gooch. Political Science Research and Methods, 2018.

  local pdf | online appendix

• The Effect on Turnout of Campaign Mobilization Messages Addressing Ballot Secrecy Concerns: A Replication Experiment
  with Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, and Catlan Reardon. PLoS ONE, 2017.

  local pdf | online appendix

• The Generalizability of Social Pressure Effects on Turnout Across High-Salience Electoral Contexts: Field Experimental Evidence from 1.96 Million Citizens in 17 States
  with Alan Gerber, Gregory Huber, and Andrew Gooch. American Politics Research, 2017.

  local pdf | online appendix

working papers

• How Racial Minorities Evaluate Trade-offs between Descriptive and Partisan Representation
• Perceived Bureaucratic Bias and the Psychology of Civil Rights Mobilization
• How Partisan Elites Form Group-Based Electoral Strategies: Experimental Evidence from State Legislative Candidates (with Adam Thal, Patrick Tucker)
• Does Registration Reduce Publication Bias? No Evidence from Medical Sciences (with Grant Gordon and Macartan Humphreys)

other writing

• 10 Things to Know About Heterogeneous Treatment Effects. EGAP Methods Guide.