for each profile of views an opinion graph. By means of natural sovereignty and liberalism requirements, we characterize … the opinion graph. -- Social Aggregation ; Group Identity ; Liberalism ; Non-bossiness …

Regional transfers are assumed to have an impact on the public opinion towards the benefactor, but empirical evidence … detailed data on regional transfers with public opinion surveys. A positive impact of transfers on public support for the EU … transfers affects the impact on his opinion. -- Regional policy ; vote purchasing ; public opinion ; European Union …

We study a dynamic model of opinion formation in social networks. In our model, boundedly rational agents update … opinions by averaging over their neighbors' expressed opinions, but may misrepresent their own opinion by conforming or counter …-conforming with their neighbors. We show that an agent's social influence on the long-run group opinion is increasing in network …

designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed …