Political polarization.

Dixit, Avinash K; Weibull, Jörgen W · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2007

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Abstract

Failures of government policies often provoke opposite reactions from citizens; some call for a reversal of the policy, whereas others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural bimodality of preferences in political and economic contexts and consistent with Bayesian rationality.

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