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-progressive political regimes and ideology can weaken this chain of effects, by eroding either the way religion shapes gender roles or the …
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Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate ideological backlashes and at other times lead to transformative sociopolitical movements? We propose an explanation that highlights the...
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We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …
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political statements or information that are dissonant with one's political ideology. Finally, while not as robust across tasks …
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We study the impact of the first American party committed to redistribution from rich to poor on anti-Black media content in the 1890s. The Populist Party sought support among poor farmers, regardless of race, providing the segregationist Democratic establishment in the South with an incentive...
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correlates positively with adherence to protective behaviors. Liberal political ideology predicts higher levels of protective … behavior than conservative ideology, independently of the differences in prosociality across the two groups. Differences …
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When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order to influence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze...
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weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in …
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Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential elections spanning the period 2000 through 2016, we find strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological...
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expose different areas of the polity to controlled informational treatments about the valence and ideology of the incumbent … elicited beliefs, we are able to structurally assess the relative weights voters place upon a candidate's valence and ideology … only campaigning on valence brings more votes to the incumbent. With respect to ideology, cross-learning occurs, as voters …
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