. We propose a controlled online experiment that allows to manipulate belief biases and the communication environment. We …

Although politicians' personal attributes are an important component of elections and representation, few studies have … rigorously investigated which attributes are most relevant in shaping voters' preferences for politicians, or whether these … preferences vary across different electoral system contexts. We investigate these questions with a conjoint survey experiment …

rely on the congeniality of the news outlet to judge whether the information is true or false? In a survey experiment, we …

exploration and lower individual and group payoffs. We test our predictions in an online lab experiment and show that the …

process of motivated political reasoning in a preregistered online experiment with a nationally representative sample of 1 …

values in e-commerce platforms and rating web sites. By means of a field experiment that exogenously manipulates prior … ratings when evaluating their stay (i.e., social influence bias). Results show that positive social influence exists, and that … influence bias interpretation. Finally, also repeat customers are affected by prior ratings, although to a lesser extent with …