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Social media are becoming increasingly important in our society and change the way people communicate, how they acquire information, and how they form beliefs. Experts are concerned that the rise of social media may make interaction and information exchange among like-minded individuals more...
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evidence produces a temporary polarization of beliefs, but that disclosing unequivocal information eliminates the disagreement. …
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of capital (or an increase in capital productivity) causes employment and wage polarization. Specifically, further … automation - thereafter inducing monotone increases in skill premia rather than wage polarization. …
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mediated by prior political leanings and, thus, contributes to increasing polarization in beliefs about facts. We study this …
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We study the causal effects of increasing the transparency of parliamentary speeches on polarization and other types of … broadcasting of question hours would affect left-right polarization, differences between individual parties, or within-party group … increased transparency and left-right polarization but that the presence of TV cameras can fuel other political divides and …
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-2018. We find a peak in left-right polarization in the 1970s, driven by the extreme left party, and co-occuring with a high … fluctuates during the majority of the 20th century, our results show that the levels of polarization currently perceived as high …
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We study the causal effects of increasing the transparency of parliamentary speeches on polarization and other types of … broadcasting of question hours would affect left-right polarization, differences between individual parties, or within-party group … increased transparency and left-right polarization but that the presence of TV cameras can fuel other political divides and …
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