Persuasion Bias, Social Influence, And Unidimensional Opinions
We propose a boundedly rational model of opinion formation in which individuals are subject to persuasion bias; that is, they fail to account for possible repetition in the information they receive. We show that persuasion bias implies the phenomenon of social influence, whereby one's influence on group opinions depends not only on accuracy, but also on how well-connected one is in the social network that determines communication. Persuasion bias also implies the phenomenon of unidimensional opinions; that is, individuals' opinions over a multidimensional set of issues converge to a single "left-right" spectrum. We explore the implications of our model in several natural settings, including political science and marketing, and we obtain a number of novel empirical implications. © 2001 the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2003
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Authors: | Demarzo, Peter M. ; Vayanos, Dimitri ; Zwiebel, Jeffrey |
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics. - MIT Press. - Vol. 118.2003, 3, p. 909-968
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MIT Press |
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