作者：Canen, Nathan; Jackson, Matthew O.; Trebbi, Francesco
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Stanford University; The Santa Fe Institute; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要：We develop a model of social interactions, as well as strategic interactions that depend on such social activity, and use it to measure social complementarities in the legislative process. Our model allows for partisan bias and homophily in the formation of relationships, which then impact legislative output. We use it to show how increased electoral competition can induce increased social behavior and the nonlinear effects of political polarization on legislative activity. We identify and str...
作者：Coffman, Katherine; Collis, Manuela R.; Kulkarni, Leena
作者单位：Harvard University; University of Toronto
摘要：We explore how feedback shapes, and perpetuates, gender gaps in self-assessments. Participants in our experiment take tests of their ability across different domains. We elicit their beliefs of their performance before and after feedback. We find that, even after the provision of highly informative feedback, gender stereotypes influence posterior beliefs, beyond what a Bayesian model would predict. This is primarily because both men and women update their beliefs more positively in response to...
