constituents during times of low media attention to politics. Combining data on campaign finance donations made by individuals and …. Importantly, the latter effect is significantly larger when there is less attention on politics. Thereby, we draw on exogenous …

times of low media attention to politics. Based on 425 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives … two are in conflict. Importantly, the latter effect is significantly larger when there is less attention on politics due …

Attention utility is the hedonic pleasure or pain derived purely from paying attention to information. Using data on … brokerage account logins by individual investors, we show that individuals devote disproportionate attention to already …-known positive information about the performance of individual stocks within their portfolios. This aversion to paying attention to …

media attention to politics. Analysing 666 roll calls from 2005 to 2018, we show that representatives are more likely to … opposite position. The latter effect is significantly larger when less attention is paid to politics due to distraction by …