Arbeitspapier

Identifying the effect of persuasion

We set up an econometric model of persuasion and study identification of key parameters under various scenarios of data availability. We find that a commonly used measure of persuasion does not estimate the persuasion rate of any population in general. We provide formal identification results, recommend several new parameters to estimate, and discuss their interpretation. Further, we propose methods for carrying out inference. We revisit the empirical literature on persuasion to show that the persuasive effect is highly heterogeneous. We also show that the existence of a continuous instrument opens up the possibility of point identification for the policy-relevant population.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cemmap working paper ; No. CWP69/19

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Entertainment; Media
Thema
Communication
Media
Persuasion
Partial Identification
Treatment Effects

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Jun, Sung Jae
Lee, Sokbae
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)
(wo)
London
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.cem.2019.6919
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ

Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Jun, Sung Jae
  • Lee, Sokbae
  • Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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