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Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
28 Sep, 12:30 - 14:00
Title : Do Elections Moderate orPolarize Political Rhetoric?
Tito Boeri, Nina Nikiforova, Guido Tabellini
Abstract : The paper develops atheory of electoral competition with targeted political communication and testsit empirically. The authors analyze Twitter/X posts from 367 political leadersin 21 countries between 2013 and 2022, comparing populist and non-populistpoliticians. Using a structural model of speech (building on the Gentzkow,Shapiro and Taddy approach), they find that political rhetoric grows morepolarized as elections approach, driven by two mechanisms: politiciansemphasize issues tied to their political "type," and within eachissue they adopt more extreme language.
Location: R42. 2.113
Title : Do Elections Moderate orPolarize Political Rhetoric?
Tito Boeri, Nina Nikiforova, Guido Tabellini
Abstract : The paper develops atheory of electoral competition with targeted political communication and testsit empirically. The authors analyze Twitter/X posts from 367 political leadersin 21 countries between 2013 and 2022, comparing populist and non-populistpoliticians. Using a structural model of speech (building on the Gentzkow,Shapiro and Taddy approach), they find that political rhetoric grows morepolarized as elections approach, driven by two mechanisms: politiciansemphasize issues tied to their political "type," and within eachissue they adopt more extreme language.
Tito Boeri, Bocconi University
Monday, 12:30 - 14:00
Location: R42. 2.113
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