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Organized Section 20: Sage Best Paper Award

Comparative Politics Section Award Recipients

Sage Best Paper Award
The Sage Best Paper Award is given to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.


2017  Barry Driscoll, Grinnell College
“Elections and Goods Provision in Decentralized Developing Countries.” 
2017 Junyan Jiang, University of Chicago
“From Internet to Safety Net:The Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China.” 
2017 Tianguang Meng, Tsinghua University
“From Internet to Safety Net:The Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China.”  
2017 Qing Zhang, Columbia University
“From Internet to Safety Net:The Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China.”  
2017 Kenneth F. Greene, University of Texas at Austin
“Why Vote Buying Fails: Campaign Effects and the Elusive Swing Voter.” 
2016  Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles
“Misperceiving Inequality.”  
2016  Vladimir Gimpelson, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
“Misperceiving Inequality.”  
2015  Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University
“Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden.” Presented at the 2014 APSA Annual Meeting 
2015  Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Uppsala University
“Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden.” Presented at the 2014 APSA Annual Meeting 
2015  Sven Oskarsson, Uppsala University
“Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden.” Presented at the 2014 APSA Annual Meeting 
2015  Kåre Vernby, Uppsala University
“Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics? Evidence from Sweden.” Presented at the 2014 APSA Annual Meeting 
2014 Alberto Simpser, University of Chicago
“The Intergenerational Persistence of Attitudes Towards Corruption.” Paper presented at the 2013 APSA Annual Meeting
2014 Honorable Mention
Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University
“Mobilization by the Media? A Field Experiment on Partisan Media Effects in Africa”
2014 Honorable Mention
Devra Moehler, University of Pennsylvania
“Mobilization by the Media? A Field Experiment on Partisan Media Effects in Africa”
2013 Noam Lupu, Juan March Institute and University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Rethinking the Comparative Perspective on Class and Representation: Evidence from Latin America”
2013 Nicholas Carnes, Duke University
“Rethinking the Comparative Perspective on Class and Representation: Evidence from Latin America”
2013 Honorable Mention
Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania
“Casual Effects of Leader Selection Rules on Leader Responsiveness and Cooperation: Evidence from Ugandan Community Organizations”
2012 Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Brown University
What Wins Votes: Why Some Politicians Opt Out of Clientelism
2011 Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University
Normative frameworks, electoral interests, and the boundaries of legitimate participation in post-Fascist democracies. The case of Italy
2011 Honorable Mention
Noam Lupu, Princeton University
“The Structure of Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution.” Presented at 2010 APSA meeting and American Political Science Review, 105
2011 Honorable Mention
Jonas Pontusson, University of Geneva
“The Structure of Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution.” Presented at 2010 APSA meeting and American Political Science Review, 105
2010 Marcus Kreuzer, Villanova University
“Historical Knowledge and Quantitative Analysis: The Case of the Origins of Proportional Representation”
2010 Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University
Elections, Information and Political Change in the Post -Cold War Era” Is the Runner Up
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