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Divine Policy: The Impact of Religion in Government
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsCan policies shape personal values and beliefs? To examine, we exploit the staggered introduction of faith-based initiatives across US states. Our difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the initiatives strengthened religiosity and conservative ...
Jeanet Sinding Bentzen +2 more
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Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Differences
The American Economic ReviewWe investigate the origins and implications of zero-sum thinking: the belief that gains for one individual or group tend to come at the cost of others. Using a new survey of 20,400 US residents, we measure zero-sum thinking, political preferences, policy
Sahil Chinoy +3 more
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Fiscal Rules and the Selection of Politicians: Theory and Evidence from Italy
Social Science Research NetworkFiscal rules, or constraints on the policymaking discretion of elected officials, are widely used to regulate fiscal policies. Using data on Italian municipalities, we employ a difference-in-discontinuity design to provide evidence of the negative effect
Matteo Gamalerio, F. Trombetta
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Political Social Learning: Short-Term Memory and Cycles of Polarization
The American Economic ReviewThis paper investigates the effect of voters’ short-term memory on political outcomes by considering politics as a collective learning process. We find that short-term memory may lead to cycles of polarization and consensus across parties’ platforms ...
Gilat Levy, R. Razin
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A Model of Populism as a Conspiracy Theory
The American Economic ReviewWe model populism as the dissemination of a false “alternative reality,” according to which the intellectual elite conspires against the populist for purely ideological reasons.
Ádám Szeidl, F. Szucs
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We provide a guide to the burgeoning literature on the economics of social media. We first define social media platforms and highlight their unique features.
Guy Aridor +3 more
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We provide a guide to the burgeoning literature on the economics of social media. We first define social media platforms and highlight their unique features.
Guy Aridor +3 more
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Organized Voters: Elections and Public Funding of Nonprofits
The American Economic ReviewWhat makes politicians respond to civil society organizations' demands? I use new data on government transfers to French associations and exploit close elections to show that politicians grant more funds to ideologically close organizations when the ...
Camille Urvoy
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Commitment and Conflict in Unanimity Bargaining
American Economic Journal: MicroeconomicsWe theoretically investigate how the application of unanimity rule can lead to inefficient delay in collective decision-making. We do so in the context of a distributive multilateral bargaining model featuring strategic precommitment.
Topi Miettinen, C. Vanberg
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Web Search Personalization during the US 2020 Election
American Economic Review: InsightsWe study the impact of web search personalization on ideological segregation in search results. We deploy 150 synthetic internet users with randomized partisan browsing preferences across 25 US cities.
Ulrich Matter, Roland Hodler
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American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
A continuum of citizens with heterogeneous opportunity costs participates in a protest with well-defined demands. As long as the government doesn’t concede, it pays a cost increasing in time and participation.
Sofía Correa
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A continuum of citizens with heterogeneous opportunity costs participates in a protest with well-defined demands. As long as the government doesn’t concede, it pays a cost increasing in time and participation.
Sofía Correa
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