▪ Abstract Findings from behavioral organization theory, behavioral decision theory, survey
research, and experimental economics leave no doubt about the failure of rational choice as …

▪ Abstract Do people assimilate new information in an efficient and unbiased manner—that
is, do they update prior beliefs in accordance with Bayes' rule? Or are they selective in the …

A provocative, timely analysis that asks: What does science tells us about the bias that
poisons our politics? We don't live in a 'post-truth'society—but a 'myside'society in which no …

Folk wisdom has long held that people become more politically conservative as they grow
older, although several empirical studies suggest political attitudes are stable across time …

Do voters effectively hold elected officials accountable for policy decisions? Using data on
natural disasters, government spending, and election returns, we show that voters reward …

I examine the impact of long-term partisan loyalties on perceptions of specific political
figures and events. In contrast to the notion of partisanship as a simple “running tally” of …

Over the past half century, two overarching questions have dominated the study of mass
political behavior: How do ordinary citizens form their political judgments, and how good are …

As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in
the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. Why has confidence in …

We report the results of the first large-scale experiment involving paid political advertising.
During the opening months of a 2006 gubernatorial campaign, approximately $2 million of …

Political interest is the strongest predictor of'good citizenship', yet hardly anything is known
about it. For the first time in over three decades, here is a study explaining what political …