Chagai M. Weiss

Assistant Professor
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair
The University of Toronto
chagai.weiss@utoronto.ca

Working Papers

  1. Polarizing Effects of Political Attacks on the Press: Evidence from Israel. Invited to revise and resubmit at The American Political Science Review. (with Alexandra Siegel).
  2. Does Reducing Psychological Distress Increase Support for Liberal Democracy. Invited to resvise and resubmit as registered report at The American Political Science Review. (with Sascha Riaz, Julie Cachia, and Xuan Zhao).
  3. Seeing Green: The Effects of Financial Exposure on Support for Climate Action. (with Saumitra Jha, Michele Hanlon, Namrata Kala, and Nemit Shroff).
    [AEA RCT Registry] [NBER Working Paper]
  4. Prejudice: Causes, Effects, and Remedies. In Preparation for the Annual Review of Political Science.

In Progress

  1. Persuasion at Scale: Evidence from Meta-Analyses of Proprietary Experiments and Addressable TV RCTs. (with Zeynep Biyikli, Michael Baumer, Donald Green, James Slezak, and Robb Willer).
  2. Resisting Integration: How Religious Minorities React to Threats of Conscription (with Hanno Hilbig).
  3. The Political Salience of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Evidence from 4.1 million parliamentary speeches around the World (with Sascha Riaz).
  4. The Evolution of Minority Group Social Norms: Evidence from the Jewish Responsa (with Vasiliki Fouka and Elias Dinas).