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Partisan elites shape citizens' economic beliefs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2018

Martin Bisgaard  and
Rune Slothuus
Martin Bisgaard
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. mbisgaard@ps.au.dkslothuus@ps.au.dkhttps://mbisgaard.github.io/https://ps.au.dk/en/slothuus
Rune Slothuus
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. mbisgaard@ps.au.dkslothuus@ps.au.dkhttps://mbisgaard.github.io/https://ps.au.dk/en/slothuus
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Abstract

Competition between political parties is a fundamental feature of democratic politics, but it is underplayed in the target article. We argue that a more comprehensive understanding of “folk-economic beliefs” (FEBs) must consider the ability of partisan elites to both shape citizens' economic beliefs and connect them to political choices. We review recent empirical findings supporting this theoretical perspective.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e164
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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