Political polarization

Avinash K. Dixit; Jörgen W. Weibull

Failures of government policies often provoke opposite reactions from citizens; some call for a reversal of the policy while others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural bimodality of preferences in political and economic contexts, and consistent with Bayesian rationality. -- polarization ; voting ; information

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Year of publication:	05 Mar. 2007 ; This revision: April 19, 2007
Other Persons:	Dixit, Avinash K. (contributor) ; Weibull, Jörgen W. (contributor)
Publisher:	Stockholm : Ekonomiska Forskningsinst.
Subject:	Verhaltensökonomik \| Behavioral economics \| Begrenzte Rationalität \| Bounded rationality \| Politische Kultur \| Political culture \| Politische Kommunikation \| Political communication \| Theorie \| Theory

Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 17 S., 178,50 KB) graph. Darst.
Series:	SSE EFI working paper series in economics and finance. - Stockholm : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1402-9928, ZDB-ID 2544040-8. - Vol. 655
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/56310 [Handle]
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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