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A Reform Dilemma in Polarized Democracies

Gersbach, Hans - 2016

We study the feasibility and efficiency of policy reforms in polarized democracies. We develop a simple election model where (i) reforms are costly for voters and politicians and these costs increase with the extent of policy change, and (ii) politicians differ in their ability to carry out...

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The seeds of ideology : historical immigration and political preferences in the United States

Giuliano, Paola; Tabellini, Marco - 2020

We study the long run effects of immigration on U.S. political ideology. We establish a new result: historical European … immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We … political ideology starting with the New Deal, and persisted since then …

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The seeds of ideology : historical immigration and political preferences in the United States

Giuliano, Paola; Tabellini, Marco - 2020

We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …

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The political economy of propaganda : evidence from US newspapers

Ottinger, Sebastian; Winkler, Max - 2022

We study the impact of the first American party committed to redistribution from rich to poor on anti-Black media content in the 1890s. The Populist Party sought support among poor farmers, regardless of race, providing the segregationist Democratic establishment in the South with an incentive...

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A model of ideological thinking

Le Yaouanq, Yves - 2018

This paper develops a theory in which heterogeneity in political preferences produces a partisan disagreement about objective facts. A political decision involving both idiosyncratic preferences and scientific knowledge is considered. Voters form motivated beliefs in order to improve their...

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Coalition Governments in a Model of Parliamentary Democracy

Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Oak, Mandar - 2006

We analyze the relative importance of party ideology and rents from office in the formation of coalitions in a …

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Identification and estimation of preference distributions when voters are ideological

Merlo, Antonio; Paula, Áureo de - 2015 - This version: September, 2015

This paper studies the nonparametric identification and estimation of voters' preferences when voters are ideological. We establish that voter preference distributions and other parameters of interest can be identified from aggregate electoral data. We also show that these objects can be...

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How do voters respond to information? : evidence from a randomized campaign

Kendall, Chad; Nannicini, Tommaso; Trebbi, Francesco - 2013

expose different areas of the polity to controlled informational treatments about the valence and ideology of the incumbent … ideology. We find that both valence and ideological messages affect the first and second moments of the belief distribution …, but only campaigning on valence brings more votes to the incumbent. With respect to ideology, cross-learning occurs, as …

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The efficacy and efforts of interest groups in post elections policy formation

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012

weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in …

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The efficacy and efforts of interest groups in post elections policy formation

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012

weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in …

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