evidence is consistent with both the existence of a bias in favor of connected candidates and with academic connections …

test two main hypotheses: (i) whether for items not perfectly observable, individuals suffer of some type of bias in these … beliefs; (ii) whether this bias would disappear for weight and height, when the information is perfectly available. We find a … powerful and ubiquitous bias in perceptions that is "self-centered" in the sense that those at extremes tend to perceive …

of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze the role of measurement infrastructures such as national statistical …

positive reaction. This finding is consistent with Queuing theory …