A Theory of Rigid Extremists and Flexible Moderates With An Empirical Application To The US Congress

A theory is developed which predicts that people with extreme opinions are relatively rigid in that they are less inclined to modify their opinions That extremists tend to be rigid and moderates tend to be flexible is found to hold for members of the US Congress

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Blomberg, S Brock ; Jr, Joseph E Harrington
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University

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Series:	Economics Working Paper Archive.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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