Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Lavi Liron, Clareta Treger, Naama Rivlin-Angert, Tamir Sheafer, Israel Waismel-Manor, Shaul Shenhav, Liran Harsgor, and Michal Shamir. The Pitkinian Public: Representation in the Eyes of the Citizens. Accepted at European Political Science. 

• Treger, Clareta. (2023). When Do People Accept Government Paternalism? Theory and Experimental Evidence. Regulation & Governance,  17(1), 195-214. [Replication materials] [Video abstract]

* Outstanding Junior Scholar Quantitative Publication Award, ComplianceNet, 2023.   

*  Best Paper by Young Researcher Award, ESPAnet - Israel, 2022. 

• Treger, Clareta. (2022). Before the Party Hijacks: The Limited Role of Party Cues in Appraisal of Low-Salience Policies. Experimental Evidence. Public Opinion Quarterly, 86(4), 955-967. 

* Best Paper in Social Science Award, The Center for the Study of the United States (CSUS) in Partnership with the Fulbright Program at Tel Aviv University, 2022.   

• Lavi Liron, Naama Rivlin-Angert, Clareta Treger, Tamir Sheafer, Israel Waismel-Manor, and Michal Shamir. (2022). King Bibi: The Personification of Democratic Values in the 2019-2021 Election Cycle. In Shamir, Michal, and Rahat, Gideon. (eds.) The Elections in Israel 2019-2021. Routledge, pp. 77-98.  [Hebrew version].

Under Review

• Changing the Lens: The Contingency of Results from Conjoint Experiments on the Outcome Variable. [Pre-print]

Working Papers and Work in Progress

• Attitudes toward Paternalistic Policies among Local Politicians. With Lior Sheffer.

• The Effect of Polarization on Perceptions of Welfare Deservingness. With Gal Bitton. [Pre-Analysis Plan] [Abstract]

• The Role of Policy Partisanship and Party Cues in Voter Decision-making. With Sarah Lachance, Thomas Bergeron, Thomas Galipeau, Natasha Goel, Mujahedul Islam, Blake Lee-Whiting, Beatrice Magistro, Semra Sevi, and Peter J. Loewen. [Pre-Analysis Plan]

• How Do Risk Perceptions and Personal Experience Shape Attitudes towards Restrictive Government Policies? Lessons from COVID-19.

• Democracy on the Ballot: Representation and Support for Democracy. With Liron Lavi, Naama Rivlin-Angert, Israel Waismel-Manor, and Michal Shamir. 

• Elite Affective Polarization: A Five-Country Comparative Study. With Lior Sheffer, Miguel M. Pereira, Nathalie Giger, Martin Baekgaard.

• Personality Traits and Support for State Intervention: Evidence from Five Countries. With Alon Yakter and Lior Sheffer. 

Non-Academic Publications & Reports

• Treger Clareta, Lior Sheffer, and Peter Loewen. A Study Among Local Officials in Israel: First Report. (July 2023). [In Hebrew].

• Treger Clareta, and Liron Lavi. "Israeli elections have become a referendum on Netanyahu." The Washington Post. November 17, 2022. 

• Treger Clareta, and Liron Lavi. "The State is Me." The7Eye. November 1, 2022. [In Hebrew].

• Treger Clareta. "The public wants the government to protect them from themselves – sometimes." The Loop.  February 25, 2022.