Maxim Ananyev

The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News

Maxim Ananyev, Michael Poyker, Yuan Tian

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS

We document a causal effect of the conservative Fox News Channel in the USA on physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemic. We me..

Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa

Maxim Ananyev, Michael Poyker

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION

We argue that colonial Christian missions had a long-term impact on anti-gay attitudes in Africa. We use a geo-coded representativ..

Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud?

M Ananyev, M Poyker

Journal article  |  2021  |  European Journal of Political Economy

What role does electoral fraud play in nondemocracies? In this paper, we offer an empirical test of a popular idea that authoritar..

Measuring Individual Poverty: Correlates and Variation Over time

Maxim Ananyev, Abigail Payne, Chaminda Samarage

Report  |  2020

Understanding income-based disadvantage involves studying both indicators of poverty at different points as well as the dynamics o..

Spatial and Community Dimensions of Income Poverty

Abigail Payne, Chaminda Samarage, Maxim Ananyev

Report  |  2020

The purpose of this report is to capture the dynamic state of poverty in Australia, using data from three waves of the Australian ..

Effect of Income on Trust: Evidence from the 2009 Economic Crisis in Russia

Maxim Ananyev, Sergei Guriev

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Economic Journal

This article draws on a natural experiment to identify the relationship between income and trust. We use a unique panel data set o..