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heterogeneous voters are targeted through media outlets. We discuss its effects on the implemented policy and relate it to the well …, technologies that allow targeting voters more precisely tend to increase polarization. Our prediction is confirmed empirically as …
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' efforts do not neutralize each other and their payoffs and competitive advantages depend on the networks they face. Our …
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' efforts do not neutralize each other and their payoffs and competitive advantages depend on the networks they face. Our …
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We develop a tractable theory to study the impact of biased media on election outcomes, voter turnout and welfare. News … released by media allows voters to infer the relative appeal of the two candidates, and the closeness of elections. In large … elections, the former determines the election outcome, whereas the latter drives voter turnout. With a single media outlet, a …
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predominantly observable in state elections, though attacks that receive high media coverage increase the AfD vote share in Federal … migration. Exploiting news reports, we find that successful attacks receive more media coverage from local and regional …
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The persistence literature in economics and related disciplines connects recent outcomes to events long ago. This influential literature marks a promising development but has drawn criticism. We discuss two prominent examples that ground the rise of the Nazi Party in distant historical roots....
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Government or company decisions on whom to hire are mostly delegated to politicians, public sector officials or human resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are delegated to decide upon. Even if bribing is ruled out,...
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The persistence literature in economics and related disciplines connects recent outcomes to events long ago. This influential literature marks a promising development but has drawn criticism. We discuss two prominent examples that ground the rise of the Nazi Party in distant historical roots....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013453958
This paper studies an evolutionary model of network formation with endogenous decay, in which agents benefit both from direct and indirect connections. In addition to forming (costly) links, agents choose actions for a coordination game that determines the level of decay of each link. We address...
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Our study analyzes theories of learning for strategic interactions in networks. Participants played two of the 2 x 2 … order shown by Selten and Chmura. This result supports our view that learning in networks is different from learning in …
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