Research

Publications

Pahontu, RL and Poupakis, S (2024) Resemblance and Discrimination in Elections The Journal of Politics, Forthcoming

           Coverage: KCL DPE | LSE USAPP | Marginal Revolution | National Affairs

Pahontu, RL (2024) The Democrat Disaster: Hurricane Exposure, Risk Aversion and Insurance Demand, The Journal of Politics, Forthcoming

           Coverage: LSE USAPP | National Affairs

Green, J and Pahontu, RL (2024) Mind the Gap: Why Wealthy Voters Support Brexit, British Journal of Political Science, Forthcoming

Pahontu, RL, Hooijer, G and Rueda, D (2024) Insuring Against Hunger? Long-Term Political Consequences of Exposure to the Dutch Famine, Journal of Historical Political Economy, 4(1):33-58.

           Coverage: Podcast | Video | The Guardian | The Economist | NewStatesman | UK in a Changing Europe

Blumenau J, Hicks T, Pahontu RL. (2023) Risk and Preferences for Government Healthcare Spending: Evidence from the UK COVID-19 Crisis. British Journal of Political Science, 53(3):1070-1080

Pahontu, Raluca L. (2022) Divisive Jobs: Three Facets of Risk, Precarity and Redistribution, Political Science Research and Methods, 10(3):507-523

Work in Progress

Risk and Housing Policy: A Self-Reinforcing Equilibrium? (with Tom O’Grady), Under Review