Internet search rankings have a significant impact on consumer choices, mainly because
users trust and choose higher-ranked results more than lower-ranked results. Given the …

A recent series of experiments demonstrated that introducing ranking bias to election-related
search engine results can have a strong and undetectable influence on the preferences of …

Women remain underrepresented in politics and it remains unclear how this might change.
In this paper, we investigate whether female council candidates receive more preferential …

Despite evidence that informational interventions can influence K–12 school choices, we
know little about the mechanisms through which they work and the factors that produce …

The world is swimming in misinformation. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with
news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. The …

How do voters in preferential-list proportional representation (PLPR) systems make their
candidate choices after selecting their party? We study this question in Poland and the …

Although recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) aim to
enhance the fairness and transparency of decision-making systems, research has found that …

Candidates listed first on the ballot paper regularly receive more votes than other
candidates, but what role does ballot layout play in this connection? Experimental studies …

To the growing literature on non-resident citizens' special representation, we contribute with
a systematic examination of the role of descriptive representation of citizens living abroad in …

When forming global impressions in retrospect, the first, the last, and the most outstanding
experience often have a lasting impact on the final evaluation of an event, as most …