We set up an econometric model of persuasion and study identification of key parameters under various scenarios of data … availability. We find that a commonly used measure of persuasion does not estimate the persuasion rate of any population in general …. We revisit two strands of the empirical literature on persuasion to show that the persuasive effect is highly …

We set up an econometric model of persuasion and study identification of key parameters under various scenarios of data … availability. We find that a commonly used measure of persuasion does not estimate the persuasion rate of any population in general …. We revisit two strands of the empirical literature on persuasion to show that the persuasive effect is highly …

We set up an econometric model of persuasion and study identification of key parameters under various scenarios of data … availability. We find that a commonly used measure of persuasion does not estimate the persuasion rate of any population in general …. Further, we propose methods for carrying out inference. We revisit the empirical literature on persuasion to show that the …

This paper examines a commonly used measure of persuasion whose precise interpretation has been obscure in the … literature. By using the potential outcome framework, we define the causal persuasion rate by a proper conditional probability of … does not estimate, but often overstates, the causal rate of persuasion. We discuss several new parameters of interest and …

This paper examines a commonly used measure of persuasion whose precise interpretation has been obscure in the … literature. By using the potential outcome framework, we define the causal persuasion rate by a proper conditional probability of … does not estimate, but often overstates, the causal rate of persuasion. We discuss several new parameters of interest and …

of the Digital TV signal in Italy - to measure the effect of media persuasion on the perceptions individuals hold. We …In democracies voters rely on media outlets to learn about politically salient issues. This raises an important … question: how strongly can media affect public perceptions? This paper uses a natural experiment - the staggered introduction …

In this chapter we survey the empirical literature on media bias, with a focus on partisan and ideological biases …. First, we discuss the methods used to measure the relative positions of media outlets. We divide bias into two categories … media outlets with other actors, measures based on the intensity of media coverage, and measures based on tone. In the …