of the media exposure on fluctuations in opinion polls for political parties; i.e. the media effect. In particular to … media with the results of the SD opinion polls as well as the opinion poll results of all the other parliamentary parties … considerably stronger effect on the opinion fluctuations, compared to the other five newspapers. To conclude, media exposure …

Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self …-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …

This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a … series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to … to other fatalities. Although overall Israeli fatalities do not seem to affect Palestinian public opinion, when we divide …

existence of conscription, albeit usually at low statistical significance. However, the intensity of its enforcement, measured …

Military conscription implicitly taxes draftees. Those who would have volunteered at the market wage may be forced to …

conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use …

Military conscription implicitly taxes draftees. Those who would have volunteered at the market wage may be forced to …