G Agustin Markarian
Biographic Data
| ID | 1111518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Agustin Markarian |
| GIVEN NAMES | G Agustin |
| FAMILY NAME | Markarian |
| SIGNATURE | MARKARIAN G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1357-034X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Crime and Participation
Does exposure to crime mobilize or demobilize political participation? We report findings from a preregistered design, leveraging data from an original survey of 21 major U.S. cities and five waves of the Cooperative Election Study. We assess the relationships between direct victimization, local (ZCTA-level) crime rates, and perceived neighborhood safety and two outcomes: turnout (including validated turnout) and non-electoral participation. We f…
Responsive to whom? The inequality problem in studies of policy responsiveness
Wlezien offers a compelling framework of policy “inputs” and “outputs” to better understand policy responsiveness. Building on this framework, I argue that inequality in policy influence is central to understanding policy responsiveness and must be treated as a first-order concern: disparities in political power complicate both sides of the “inputs” and “outputs” equation. Disadvantaged groups face barriers in signaling preferences and shaping po…
Do Women Legislators Legislate Differently Than Men on Gun‐Related Policy? A Suggestive Yes
Polls show that men are less likely to support gun restrictions than women, but do voter preferences translate into elite behavior? To answer this question, we use a novel dataset of hand‐coded state firearm legislation across six politically diverse states (California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Texas) to construct an 11‐year panel dataset. Our results demonstrate that descriptively, women generally cosponsor more restrictive and fewer p…
Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking
Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? To answer this fundamental question, we examine how well federal lawmaking reflects the preferences of 520,000 Black, Latino, Asian American, and white citizens from 2006 to 2022. Average racial gaps in responsiveness are small regardless of issue area. However, white voters are significantly advantaged when Republicans control the governmen…
Who wins when? Election timing and descriptive representation
We examine how the timing of local elections affects the success of minority candidates, who remain woefully underrepresented in public office. We build on research showing that concurrent elections narrow racial gaps in voter turnout and leverage changes in the timing of local elections in California. Our analysis shows that filling local offices in November of even years increases minority officeholding, at least for some groups. The results de…
Exposure to Mass Shootings and Voting Directly on Gun Policy
Recent scholarship finds that exposure to mass shootings has no effect on Democratic vote shares. While arguably a reasonable proxy for public demand for heightened gun control, this outcome nonetheless reflects myriad issue concerns, with guns being just one issue typically dwarfed in importance by the attention given in electoral campaigns to jobs, the economy, and other social issues. Our research improves the issue-domain correspondence betwe…
Racially Disparate Policy Responses to Mass Shootings
This study examines the differential impact of mass shootings on state gun policy restrictions and posits that victims' race and ethnicity plays a pivotal role. Since the 1970s, pro-gun movements have exploited latent racial biases to oppose gun control measures. They frame gun control as prioritizing the protection of racial minorities over the rights and safety of White Americans, creating political resistance. However, when mass shootings affe…
Driving Legislators' Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes
Understanding differential policy costs across constituencies, and how they link to legislators' policy preferences, can facilitate policy changes that solve pressing problems. We examine the role of policy costs on constituents by studying legislator support for taxing gasoline. Analysis of survey responses from US state legislators, as well as of their voting records, shows that legislators whose constituents would be most affected by an increa…
The Impact of Police Killings on Proximal Voter Turnout
This paper studies how spatial proximity to pre-election police killings affects voter turnout. I argue that incidents of police violence have neighborhood-level effects. Nearby voters are more likely to learn about proximal killings than those further away. If perceived as unjust, police killings teach political lessons that reduce voters’ trust in government and political efficacy. In turn, this impacts voter turnout. Observing the 2016 preside…
Who Votes: City Election Timing and Voter Composition
Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. Fortunately, one simple reform-shifting the timing of local elections so they are held on the same day as national contests-can substantially increase participation. Considerable research shows that on-cycle November elections generally double local voter turnout compared with stand-alone local contests. But does higher turnout mean a more representative electorate? On that critical…
Who Votes: City Election Timing and Voter Composition
Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. Fortunately, one simple reform-shifting the timing of local elections so they are held on the same day as national contests-can substantially increase participation. Considerable research shows that on-cycle November elections generally double local voter turnout compared with stand-alone local contests. But does higher turnout mean a more representative electorate? On that critical…
Driving Legislators' Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes
Understanding differential policy costs across constituencies, and how they link to legislators' policy preferences, can facilitate policy changes that solve pressing problems. We examine the role of policy costs on constituents by studying legislator support for taxing gasoline. Analysis of survey responses from US state legislators, as well as of their voting records, shows that legislators whose constituents would be most affected by an increa…
Racially Disparate Policy Responses to Mass Shootings
This study examines the differential impact of mass shootings on state gun policy restrictions and posits that victims' race and ethnicity plays a pivotal role. Since the 1970s, pro-gun movements have exploited latent racial biases to oppose gun control measures. They frame gun control as prioritizing the protection of racial minorities over the rights and safety of White Americans, creating political resistance. However, when mass shootings affe…
The Impact of Police Killings on Proximal Voter Turnout
This paper studies how spatial proximity to pre-election police killings affects voter turnout. I argue that incidents of police violence have neighborhood-level effects. Nearby voters are more likely to learn about proximal killings than those further away. If perceived as unjust, police killings teach political lessons that reduce voters’ trust in government and political efficacy. In turn, this impacts voter turnout. Observing the 2016 preside…
Who Votes: City Election Timing and Voter Composition
Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. Fortunately, one simple reform-shifting the timing of local elections so they are held on the same day as national contests-can substantially increase participation. Considerable research shows that on-cycle November elections generally double local voter turnout compared with stand-alone local contests. But does higher turnout mean a more representative electorate? On that critical…
Racially Disparate Policy Responses to Mass Shootings
This study examines the differential impact of mass shootings on state gun policy restrictions and posits that victims' race and ethnicity plays a pivotal role. Since the 1970s, pro-gun movements have exploited latent racial biases to oppose gun control measures. They frame gun control as prioritizing the protection of racial minorities over the rights and safety of White Americans, creating political resistance. However, when mass shootings affe…
Driving Legislators' Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes
Understanding differential policy costs across constituencies, and how they link to legislators' policy preferences, can facilitate policy changes that solve pressing problems. We examine the role of policy costs on constituents by studying legislator support for taxing gasoline. Analysis of survey responses from US state legislators, as well as of their voting records, shows that legislators whose constituents would be most affected by an increa…
The Impact of Police Killings on Proximal Voter Turnout
This paper studies how spatial proximity to pre-election police killings affects voter turnout. I argue that incidents of police violence have neighborhood-level effects. Nearby voters are more likely to learn about proximal killings than those further away. If perceived as unjust, police killings teach political lessons that reduce voters’ trust in government and political efficacy. In turn, this impacts voter turnout. Observing the 2016 preside…
Exposure to Mass Shootings and Voting Directly on Gun Policy
Recent scholarship finds that exposure to mass shootings has no effect on Democratic vote shares. While arguably a reasonable proxy for public demand for heightened gun control, this outcome nonetheless reflects myriad issue concerns, with guns being just one issue typically dwarfed in importance by the attention given in electoral campaigns to jobs, the economy, and other social issues. Our research improves the issue-domain correspondence betwe…
Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking
Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? To answer this fundamental question, we examine how well federal lawmaking reflects the preferences of 520,000 Black, Latino, Asian American, and white citizens from 2006 to 2022. Average racial gaps in responsiveness are small regardless of issue area. However, white voters are significantly advantaged when Republicans control the governmen…
Who wins when? Election timing and descriptive representation
We examine how the timing of local elections affects the success of minority candidates, who remain woefully underrepresented in public office. We build on research showing that concurrent elections narrow racial gaps in voter turnout and leverage changes in the timing of local elections in California. Our analysis shows that filling local offices in November of even years increases minority officeholding, at least for some groups. The results de…
Crime and Participation
Does exposure to crime mobilize or demobilize political participation? We report findings from a preregistered design, leveraging data from an original survey of 21 major U.S. cities and five waves of the Cooperative Election Study. We assess the relationships between direct victimization, local (ZCTA-level) crime rates, and perceived neighborhood safety and two outcomes: turnout (including validated turnout) and non-electoral participation. We f…
Responsive to whom? The inequality problem in studies of policy responsiveness
Wlezien offers a compelling framework of policy “inputs” and “outputs” to better understand policy responsiveness. Building on this framework, I argue that inequality in policy influence is central to understanding policy responsiveness and must be treated as a first-order concern: disparities in political power complicate both sides of the “inputs” and “outputs” equation. Disadvantaged groups face barriers in signaling preferences and shaping po…
Do Women Legislators Legislate Differently Than Men on Gun‐Related Policy? A Suggestive Yes
Polls show that men are less likely to support gun restrictions than women, but do voter preferences translate into elite behavior? To answer this question, we use a novel dataset of hand‐coded state firearm legislation across six politically diverse states (California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Texas) to construct an 11‐year panel dataset. Our results demonstrate that descriptively, women generally cosponsor more restrictive and fewer p…
Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Voting (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Criminology (3 works)