Peer-Reviewed Publications
Journal articles
Treger, Clareta. 2025. "The Factors that Shape Israeli Public Attitudes toward Government Paternalism" Politika: The Israeli Journal of Political Science & International Relations. Online First.
Lavi, Liron, Clareta Treger, Naama Rivlin-Angert, Tamir Sheafer, Israel Waismel-Manor, Shaul Shenhav, Liran Harsgor, and Michal Shamir. 2024. "The Pitkinian Public: Representation in the Eyes of the Citizens." European Political Science, 23(4), 506-526.
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.
Book Chapters
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 1." In Michal Shamir and Gideon Rahat (eds.) The Elections in Israel 2019-2021. Routledge, 77-98. [Hebrew version].
Under Review
"Changing the Lens: The Contingency of Results from Conjoint Experiments on the Outcome Variable." [Pre-print] Revise & Resubmit
"Party or Policy? The Role of Policy Partisanship in Voter Decision-Making." (with Sarah Lachance, Thomas Bergeron, Thomas Galipeau, Natasha Goel, Mujahedul Islam, Blake Lee-Whiting, Beatrice Magistro, and Peter J. Loewen.) [Pre-print] Revise & Resubmit
"Do Voters Think Ideologically?" (with Sarah Lachance.) Revise & Resubmit
"The Welfare Consequences of Political Rivalry in a Polarized Era." (with Gal Bitton.) [Pre-Analysis Plan] [Pre-print]
"Artificial Influence: Comparing the Effects of AI and Human Source Cues in Reducing Certainty in False Beliefs." (with Natasha Goel, Thomas Bergeron, Blake Lee-Whiting, Thomas Galipeau, Md. Mujahedul Islam, Danielle Bohonos, Sarah Lachance, Sonja Savolainen, and Eric Merkley.) [Pre-Analysis Plan][Pre-print]
"Preferences for Platform Regulation of Online Hate Speech are Shared Globally." (with Thomas Bergeron, Peter J. Loewen, Christopher Cochrane, Effi Levi, Ron Levi, Odelia Oshri, Gal Ron, Shaul Shenhav, and Tamir Sheafer.)
Working Papers
"Attitudes toward Paternalistic Policies among Local Politicians." (with Lior Sheffer, and Peter J. Loewen.)
"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.)
Work in Progress
"Elite Affective Polarization: A Five-Country Comparative Study." (with Lior Sheffer, Miguel M. Pereira, Nathalie Giger, Martin Baekgaard.)
Reports
Treger Clareta, Lior Sheffer, and Peter Loewen. A Study Among Local Officials in Israel: First Report. (July 2023). [In Hebrew].