Levy, Gilat and Razin, Ronny (2015) Does polarisation of opinions lead to polarisation of platforms?: the case of correlation neglect. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 10 (3). pp. 321-355. ISSN 1554-0626
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Abstract
In this paper we question the common wisdom that more polarised voters' opinions imply larger policy polarisation. We analyse a voting model in which the source of the polarisation in voters' opinions is correlation neglect, that is, voters neglect the correlation in their information sources. Our main result shows that such polarisation in opinions does not necessarily translate to policy polarisation; when the electoral system is not too competitive (that is, when there is some aggregate noise in the elections outcome), then voters with correlation neglect may induce lower levels of policy polarisation compared with rational electorates.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.nowpublishers.com/QJPS |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Economics STICERD |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2015 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2024 05:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62218 |
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