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Motivated political reasoning: the formation of belief-value constellations
Barron, Kai; Becker, Anna; Huck, Steffen - 2021
mediated by prior political leanings and, thus, contributes to increasing polarization in beliefs about facts. We study this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793076
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Weber revisited : the protestant ethic and the spirit of nationalism
Kersting, Felix; Wohnsiedler, Iris; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2019
We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber's Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late 19th century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism mattered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126239
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Effects of increased transparency on political divides and MP behavior: Evidence from televised question hours in the Finnish Parliament
Nieminen, Jeremias; Simola, Salla; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551629
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A century of partisanship in Finnish political speech
Simola, Salla; Nieminen, Jeremias; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551648
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The impact of social media on belief formation
Schwarz, Marco - 2017
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011762816
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A model of ideological thinking
Le Yaouanq, Yves - 2018
evidence produces a temporary polarization of beliefs, but that disclosing unequivocal information eliminates the disagreement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899691
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A century of partisanship in Finnish political speech
Simola, Salla; Nieminen, Jeremias; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285042
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Effects of increased transparency on political divides and MP behavior : evidence from televised question hours in the Finnish Parliament
Nieminen, Jeremias; Simola, Salla; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372746
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
unleashing technological change and through rituals, legal institutions, political economy, and conflict. Synthesizing a disjoint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495766
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From friends to foes : national identity and collaboration in diverse teams
Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2019
conflict makes national diversity more salient among existing and potential team members. I exploit this natural experiment to …, the world’s largest hosting platform for software projects, I estimate the causal impacts of a political conflict that … burst out between Russia and Ukraine in 2014. I find that the conflict strongly reduced online cooperation between Russian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139577