Data and Code for: Persistent Polarizing Effects of Persuasion: Experimental Evidence from Turkey

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ceren Baysan

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Project Citation: 

Baysan, Ceren. Data and Code for: Persistent Polarizing Effects of Persuasion: Experimental Evidence from Turkey. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-10-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E172061V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary I evaluate randomly varied neighborhood exposure to information campaigns regarding either executive performance, or increases in executive power, prior to a Turkish referendum on weakening checks and balances on the executive. The campaigns increased voter polarization over the referendum, and subsequently changed party affiliation in national and local elections over the next two years, leading to partisan polarization. My results suggest that, when voters disagree on whether increasing executive power is a good policy, more information can increase voter polarization. Finally, I conclude that because potential polarization is often ignored, the impact of information campaigns on civil society is underestimated.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley; J-PAL Governance Initiative

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms polarization; voting behavior; accountability; communication; institutions
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      P16 Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Turkey
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Voters in Izmir, Turkey
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation ballot box-level, neighborhood-level

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