Similar Search Results

Alesina, Alberto - 2010

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is one's civic engagment and political participation. We also show that strong family...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150644

Trust in State and Non-State Actors : Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan

Acemoglu, Daron - 2018

Lack of trust in state institutions, often due to poor service provision, is a pervasive problem in many developing … countries. If this increases reliance on non-state actors for crucial services, the resulting self-reinforcing cycle can further … weaken the state. This paper examines whether such a cycle can be disrupted. We focus on dispute resolution in rural Punjab …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918582

Politics 2.0 : The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation

Campante, Filipe R. - 2013

We investigate the causal impact of broadband Internet on political participation using data from Italy. We show that this impact varies across different forms of political engagement and over time. Initially, broadband had a negative effect on turnout in national elections, driven by increased...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082159

Learning from Prices : Public Communication and Welfare

Amador, Manuel - 2008

We study the effect of releasing public information about productivity or monetary shocks when agents learn from nominal prices. While public releases have the benefit of providing new information, they can have the cost of reducing the informational efficiency of the price system. We show that,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770589

Henry Agard Wallace, the Iowa Corn Yield Tests, and the Adoption of Hybrid Corn

Sutch, Richard - 2015

This research report makes the following claims: 1] There was not an unambiguous economic advantage of hybrid corn over the open-pollinated varieties in 1936. 2] The early adoption of hybrid corn before 1937 can be better explained by a sustained propaganda campaign conducted by the U.S....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750188

Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Dupas, Pascaline - 2014

I use a randomized experiment to test whether information can change sexual behavior among teenagers in Kenya. Providing information on the relative risk of HIV infection by partner's age led to a 28% decrease in teen pregnancy, an objective proxy for the incidence of unprotected sex....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750981

Days of Haze : Environmental Information Disclosure and Intertemporal Avoidance Behavior

Zivin, Joshua S. Graff - 2014

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of informational regulatory approaches by analyzing the impact of smog alerts issued on consecutive days on discretionary outdoor activities in Southern California. Short-run adjustments to transitory risk entail costs that are likely to influence the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751334

Non-Monetary News in Central Bank Communication

Cieslak, Anna - 2018

We quantify the importance of non-monetary news in central bank communication. Using evidence from four major central banks and a comprehensive classification of events, we decompose news conveyed by central banks into news about monetary policy, economic growth, and separately, shocks to risk...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911101

Persuasive Propaganda During the 2015 Argentine Ballotage

Di Tella, Rafael - 2019

We study a propaganda campaign sponsored by the government against the main political challenger in the days preceding the 2015 Argentine runoff presidential election. Subjects in the treatment group watched an “ad” initially aired during soccer transmissions that was part of this campaign...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862050

Using Models to Persuade

Schwartzstein, Joshua - 2019

We present a framework for analyzing “model persuasion.” Persuaders influence receivers' beliefs by proposing models (likelihood functions) that specify how to organize past data (e.g., on investment performance) to make predictions (e.g., about future returns). Receivers are assumed to find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865757