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Political Activism and Polarization [PDF]
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017 I develop a model of activism and polarization in the context of electoral competition. Two candidates simultaneously announce policy platforms and seek the support of ideologically inclined activists. Activists compete to influence electoral outcomes by expending costly support for their respective candidates.
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Disinformation and political polarization: A pernicious association [PDF]
, 2023 Political polarization can have pernicious consequences for democracy. Disinformation has been theorized to contribute to turning political polarization pernicious but the connection has not been thoroughly examined.
Brodén, Hanna
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Homophily and Polarization in Twitter Political Networks: A Cross-Country Analysis
Media and Communication, 2022 Homophily, the tendency of people to have ties with those who are similar, is a fundamental pattern to understand human relations. As such, the study of homophily can provide key insights into the flow of information and behaviors within political ...
Marc Esteve-Del-Valle
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Political polarization and corporate political advocacy [PDF]
Journal of International Money and FinanceThis paper examines the motivations and financial consequences of corporate political advocacy by examining the pause and subsequent resumption of corporate political donations following the US Capitol riots. Firms operating in a politically polarized environment were more likely to make these announcements, regardless of firm-level political risks ...
Swarnodeep Homroy +1 more
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Polarization, Antipathy, and Political Activism [PDF]
Economic Inquiry, 2020 We present an evolutionary game theory model in which polarization, antipathy, and political activism are simultaneous consequences of the evolution of individuals' ideologies and their attitudes toward other ideologies. We show that the evolutionary process is likely to result in a vicious path with individuals becoming increasingly extreme and ...
Jiabin Wu, Hanzhe Zhang
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Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 Significance Democracies require compromise. But compromise becomes almost impossible when voters are divided into diametrically opposed camps. The danger is that intolerance will grow, democratic norms will be undermined, and winners will be reluctant to let the losers ever regain power.
Robert Axelrod +2 more
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Social Media + Society, 2020 Political polarization, seen as a key threat to contemporary democracy, has been tied to the rise of digital social media. However, how this process develops in the context of a social media environment characterized by multiple platforms—with differing ...
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik +2 more
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From Polarization to Hate: Portrait of the Spanish Political Meme [PDF]
, 2021 Political polarization in Spain has been aggravated by a left-wing coalition government and the rise of the extreme right in the context of health and economic crisis created by COVID-19.
Paz Rebollo, María Antonia +2 more
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Valence, Complementarities, and Political Polarization [PDF]
Games and Economic Behavior, 2019 I study a model of electoral competition where two parties that care about both the spoils of office and policy compete by announcing policy platforms. Parties are characterized by their valence on the one hand and by their policy platforms on the other.
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Polarization and Political Selection
, 2019 Center for Law & Economics Working Paper Series, 10 ...
Yu, Tinghua, Ash, Elliott
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