particular and within the standard New Keynesian model, we evaluate to what extent communication of the inflation target is …

-economic characteristics, this analysis takes individual media consumption into account, as a determinant of opinion about immigration. Our … preferences. Moreover, media exposure appears as a key determinant of beliefs: individuals who spend more time to get informed on …

How far can the media protect or undermine democratic institutions in unconsolidated democracies, and how persuasive …

understudied is the effect of mass media, as the main source of political information, on voter turnout in new democracies. This … theoretical framework suggests that media access and freedom affect turnout. We test our predictions in a sample of 60 developing … countries over the period 1980-2005. We find that media penetration, as measured by radio ownership, fosters turnout, whereas …

We consider a model where the central bank faces a credibility problem in its announcements, but also cares about its … credibility and, therefore, wants to make truthful announcements. We show that, although the central bank would be able to …