results are consistent with the observation of polarized platforms and moderate policies, and the alienation and indifference …Recent studies of American politics evidence that political polarization of both the electorate and the political elite … have moved 'almost in tandem for the past half century' (McCarty et al., 2003, p.2), and that party polarization has …

while others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural …

while others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural …

strongly after financial crises as government majorities shrink and polarization rises. After a crisis, voters seem to be …

evidence produces a temporary polarization of beliefs, but that disclosing unequivocal information eliminates the disagreement. …

We study the causal effects of increasing the transparency of parliamentary speeches on polarization and other types of … broadcasting of question hours would affect left-right polarization, differences between individual parties, or within-party group … increased transparency and left-right polarization but that the presence of TV cameras can fuel other political divides and …