Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal articles

• 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. 

• 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. In Shamir, Michal, and Rahat, Gideon. (eds.) The Elections in Israel 2019-2021. Routledge, pp. 77-98.  [Hebrew version].

Under Review

• What shapes Israeli public attitudes toward government paternalism? (R&R in  Politika) [Pre-print]

• 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, and Peter J. Loewen.)

• 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.)

• 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.)

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

Non-Academic Publications & Reports

• Lavi Liron, and Clareta Treger. "What Aspects of Political Representation Matter to Citizens?" The Loop. July 9, 2024.

• 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.