In this review, we survey the economics literature on echo chambers. We identify echo
chambers as arising from a combination of two phenomena:(a) the choice of individuals to …

In explaining individual behavior in politics, economists should rely on the same
motivational assumptions they use to explain behavior in the market: that is what Political …

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth:
citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very …

The success of democratic governance hinges on an electorate's ability to reward elected
officials who act faithfully and punish those who do not. Yet there is considerable variation …

An important empirical literature evaluates whether voters are rational by examining how
electoral outcomes respond to events outside the control of politicians, such as natural …

Many political scientists believe that partisanship is an arbitrary psychological attachment
that exerts a drug-like effect on voters' decisions. An implication is that voters don't care …

In this paper we analyze elections when voters underestimate the correlation between their
information sources (“correlation neglect”). We find that this cognitive bias can improve …

The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by
distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to …

We reassess Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels's prominent claim that shark attacks
influence presidential elections. First, we assemble data on every fatal shark attack in US …

Although many studies suggest that voters learn about political facts with prejudice toward
their preexisting beliefs, none have fully characterized all inputs to Bayes' Rule, leaving …