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Opinion Copulas, Homophily and Multimodal Marginals
Askitas, Nikos - 2017
An empirically founded and widely established driving force in opinion dynamics is homophily i.e. the tendency of … opinion clusters and polarisation. We investigate the role of heterogeneous priors in opinion formation, introduce the concept … of opinion copulas, argue that it is well supported by findings in Social Psychology and use it to show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653481
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Repeated cheap-talk games of common interest between a decision-maker and an expert of unknown statistical bias
Valsecchi, Irene - 2010
Two agents are engaged in a joint activity that yields a common perperiod payoff at two rounds of play. The expert announces the probability that the current state of the world is low, instead of high, at each stage. Having received the report of the expert, the decision-maker takes action at...
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The future of the ecological farm: Ten opinions and evaluations. Results of applying Delphi method
Florian, Violeta; Chiţea, Mihai Alexandr; Rusu, Marioara; … - 2021
If we can decipher the content of opinions and evaluations of those involved in ecological agriculture then we could know the subjective fundamentals/resorts of the modernization and ecological development's process at the level of the rural communities. The study mainly aims at identifying the...
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Fifty shades of hatred and discontent: Varieties of anti-finance discourses on the European Twitter (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK)
Massoc, Elsa Clara - 2022
Are we in a new "Polanyian moment"? If we are, it is essential to examine how "spontaneous" and punctual expressions of discontent at the individual level may give rise to collective discourses driving social and political change. It is also important to examine whether and how the framing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802578
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Fifty shades of hatred and discontent: Varieties of anti-finance discourses on the European Twitter (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK)
Massoc, Elsa Clara - 2022
Are we in a new "Polanyian moment"? If we are, it is essential to examine how "spontaneous" and punctual expressions of discontent at the individual level may give rise to collective discourses driving social and political change. It is also important to examine whether and how the framing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803899
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Exploring the opinions of the YouTube visitors towards advertisements and its influence on purchase intention among viewers
Sebastian, Ann Tresa; Lal, Bhagya; Anupama, J.; … - In: Cogent Business & Management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-24
in online customers in recent years. Nonetheless, there are not many in-depth studies analyzing the opinion of Indian … explored opinion about advertisements and its role in purchasing intentions among young YouTube visitors, using qualitative …
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Experts and Non-experts
Valsecchi, Irene - 2007
The paper is concerned with the interaction between two agents: an expert, announcing his probability that a particular state of the world will occur, and a non-expert decision-maker, who takes action according to his posterior beliefs. The decision-maker considers the expert an experiment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312646
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Electoral bias and policy choice: Theory and evidence
Besley, Timothy; Preston, Ian - 2006
This paper develops a new approach to studying how electoral bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of districting affects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of bias to the theory of party compe- tition and show how this affects policy choice. The usefulness of the approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292948
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Electoral bias and policy choice: Theory and evidence
Besley, Timothy; Preston, Ian - 2007
This paper develops an approach to studying how bias in favor of one party due to the pattern of electoral districting affects policy choice. We tie a commonly used measure of electoral bias to the theory of party competition and show how this affects party strategy in theory. The usefulness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293038
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Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana: The Role of Information and Peer Effects
Giesbert, Lena; Steiner, Susan - 2011
This article investigates the understandings and perceptions of (micro)insurance among lowincome people in southern Ghana, using evidence from four focus group discussions. It analyzes how the focus group participants think about various types of insurance - among them a micro life insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293540