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Conformism, social norms and the dynamics of assimilation
Olcina Vauteren, Gonzalo; Panebianco, Fabrizio; Zenou, Yves - 2018
We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relation-ships and decides whether or not she wants to be assimilated to the majority norm. Each individual wants her behavior to agree with her personal ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to...
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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2018
constituents during times of low media attention to politics. Combining data on campaign finance donations made by individuals and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949175
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Earnings information and public preferences for university tuition: evidence from representative experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
Higher education finance depends on the public's preferences for charging tuition, which may be partly based on beliefs about the university earnings premium. To test whether public support for tuition depends on earnings information, we devise survey experiments in representative samples of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518240
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The political economy of higher education finance : how information and design affect public preferences for tuition
Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2019
Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the German electorate (N19,500). The electorate is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985922
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Papa does preach : daughters and polarisation of attitudes toward abortion
Effenterre, Clémentine van - 2017
. Using French and U.S voting records, I estimate that having daughters decreases support for abortion law by 25% for right …
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News media and crime perceptions : evidence from a natural experiment
Matrorocco, Nicola; Minale, Luigi - 2018
In democracies voters rely on media outlets to learn about politically salient issues. This raises an important … question: how strongly can media affect public perceptions? This paper uses a natural experiment - the staggered introduction … of the Digital TV signal in Italy - to measure the effect of media persuasion on the perceptions individuals hold. We …
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Ideological alignment and evidence-based policy adoption
García-Hombrados, Jorge; Jansen, Marcel; Martínez, Ángel - 2024
The implementation of evidence-based policies hinges on the dissemination of evidence to policymakers, a process influenced by the attributes of the sender. We conduct a country-wide RCT in which two ideologically opposite prominent think tanks, two major newspapers, and a research institution...
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Competing for influence in networks through strategic targeting
Comola, Margherita; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Villeval, … - 2024
We experimentally investigate how players with opposing views compete for influence through strategic targeting in … networks. We varied the network structure, the relative influence of the opponent, and the heterogeneity of the nodes' initial … deviating from this strategy, such as the tendency to target central nodes and avoid nodes targeted by the opponent. Targeting …
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Voting as a war of attrition
Kwiek, Maksymilian; Marreiros, Helia; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2018
We study communication in committees selecting one of two alternatives when consensus is required and agents have private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition emerges. Waiting allows voters to express the intensity of...
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The value of connections : evidence from the Italian-American Mafia
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2014
Using declassified Federal Bureau of Narcotics records on 800 US Mafia members active in the 1950s and 1960s, and on their connections within the organized crime network, I estimate network effects on gangsters' economic status. Lacking information on criminal proceeds, I measure economic status...
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