Politics may color interpretations of facts, and thus perceptions of risk. We find that a higher
share of Trump voters in a county is associated with lower perceptions of risk during the …

Using Italian municipality-level data on national elections and IV estimation strategy, we find
that immigration generates a sizable causal increase in votes for the center-right coalition …

We study the political impact of commercial television in Italy exploiting the staggered
introduction of Berlusconi's private TV network, Mediaset, in the early 1980s. We find that …

Binding lower bounds on interest rates and large government deficits limit the scope of fiscal
and monetary policies to stimulate households' spending through financial intermediaries …

Does new media promote accountability in nondemocratic countries, where offline media is
often suppressed? We show that blog posts, which exposed corruption in Russian state …

The erosion of media freedom is a growing phenomenon. Worldwide, journalists face
obstruction, hostility, and violence as powerful political and private actors exercise a …

While sustainable development has long been a subject of study, only in recent years have
international organizations, nations, regions and communities intensified their action …

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 …

We analyze the impact of local immigration on natives' preferences for “nationalism” as
measured in parties' programs by the Manifesto Project Database in European election data …

We use a large-scale representative survey of households from October 19-21 that elicits
respondents' expectations about the presidential election's outcome as well as their …