They utilize an FMOLS model for data about a region in which public debt approaches 60% of NSDP. On the basis of their results they highlight an urgent need for policies that better channel the remittance funds into productive investments to reduce reliance on market borrowings.
Can international remittances safeguard public debt sustainability? In issue 3/2025, Anjana Sabu and Vineeth Mohandas analyze the financial landscape of Kerala, India and find deteriorating debt sustainability despite substantial remittance inflows.
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In their analysis they examine data from 1991 to 2022. On this basis they warn that without people-oriented economic investments, even currently stable democracies remain susceptible to political reversal.
What are key drivers of political instability in West Africa? In issue 3/2025, Richard Gbemudia and Stanley Akachukwu highlight GDP per capita, military expenditure, and unemployment as decisive factors to explain why only some ECOWAS nations experienced coups.
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From economy and healthcare to tradition and climate: emotional responses are area-specific and age acts as a key predictor. The article is part of Special Issue "Emotional dynamics of politics and policymaking" by Guest Editors Georg Wenzelburger and Beatriz Carbone of @politicsunisaar.bsky.social.
How do emotional reactions to protective policies vary across the political spectrum? In issue 3/2025, Marta Penczek-ZapaΕa and @kasiahamer.bsky.social of @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social analyze the emotions evoked by protective policies in Poland.
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He proposes an amended concept (based on the European Social Survey) that adds an emotional layer to the framework of political responsiveness. This article is part of the Special Issue on "Emotional dynamics of politics and policymaking" by our Guest Editors Georg Wenzelburger and Beatriz Carbone.
How do emotions influence political responsiveness? In his contribution to our issue 3/2025, Georg Wenzelburger of @politicsunisaar.bsky.social argues that by focusing on preference-policy linkages, previous research has often underestimated the role of emotions.
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We welcome contributions on:
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πΉ Public Debt and Fiscal Sustainability
πΉ Fiscal Consolidation and Political Conflict
πΉ Innovations in the Analysis of Public Finance
π’ Call for Papers β Special Issue on The Politics of Public Finance
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πΉ Digital & AI Policy
πΉ Economic Policy & Infrastructure Development
πΉ Demographics
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πΉ Lifestyle governance
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π’ Call for Papers β Special Issue on China: Politics and Policy
Guest Editors: @ettensperger.bsky.social & Lars Konheiser
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Their approach offers new methodological insights and supports a more evidence-based foundation for defense budget allocation.
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In issue 1/2025, Muchamad Bachtiar, Irdam Ahmad, Zainal Abidin Sahabuddin, and Trismadi Trismadi conduct a meta-analysis of military expenditure determinants across 15 studies. They find war, ongoing spending, and external threats to be key drivers - while national conditions correlate negatively.
Their findings reveal a concentration of violence in the northeast and a 42% chance of at least one fatality per violent event - underlining the urgency for targeted interventions and evidence-based policy.
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In issue 1/2025, Osafu Augustine Egbon and Ezra Gayawan present a spatio-temporal model of violent conflict and fatalities in Nigeria. Using a Cox point process and SPDE approach, they analyze georeferenced conflict data to identify regional patterns and high-risk areas.
To enable officials and governments to comprehensively measure disease intensity, they develop their model from various US-American economic and pandemic data series.
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In our issue 1/2025, Aaron Cooke and John Vivian develop a restricted data-rich dynamic factor model to evaluate vaccination efficacy during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Their model can be used for other populations, as they provide an open-source Python package.
In detail, he suggests allocating a stateβs electoral votes to each countyβs plurality winner, proportional to voter turnout in that county.
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In issue 1/2025, John OβReilly proposes the County-Elector Plan to revitalize the Electoral College. Implementable by states, it would avoid a constitutional change and future gerrymandering. Thereby, electoral competition would be shifted from a few battleground states to several hundred counties.
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π’ Call for Papers β Special Issue on Elections
We welcome contributions on:
πΉ Electoral outcomes & voting behavior
πΉ Campaigns & debates
πΉ Electoral systems & reforms
πΉ Comparative perspectives
πΉ Innovations in electoral analysis
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π‘ As we step into 2025, we are also excited to share that SPP is transitioning to Gold Open Access
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, ensuring that all articles are freely available under a Creative Commons license! Weβd like to thank our subscribers who made this transformation possible.
Issue 1/2025 of SPP is available online! It features 4 articles showing the power of quantitative methods in addressing some of the most pressing political challenges:
π Electoral Reform
π Pandemic Response
π Conflict Analysis
π Military Expenditure
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At the same time, gross fixed capital formation has a moderately negative effect.
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What drives GDP growth in Ghana? Emmanuel Amoako Koranteng, Gideon Mensah Engmann, and Dioggban Jakperik apply a hierarchical Bayesian model to analyze key macroeconomic variables in our issue 3/2024: real exchange rates, manufacturing, and government expenditure positively impact GDP growth.
Declining U.S. influence, particularly in Asia, and rising Chinese engagement: in their contribution to our issue 3/2024, Elizabeth G., Steven Kim, Nicholas Sobrepena, Stone Goethe, and Eric E. analyze media coverage across 96 African and Asian nations and find geopolitical influence.
Chellai Fatih of UniversitΓ© Ferhat Abbas, SΓ©tif researches this interesting topic in a time where the transition toward sustainability becomes more central by the day.
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How can we better predict municipal solid waste? In issue 3/2024, Chellai Fatih explores the power of hybrid modeling techniques to forecast municipal solid waste (MSW) generation across OECD countries. The article's findings highlight the need for data-driven waste management policies.
