Seminar: Cavit Görkem Destan

Title: Voting under Salience Bias and Strategic Extremism

Abstract: In the last decade, we have seen populist leaders in many countries such as the USA, Hungary, and Brazil following extreme policies. While most theories suggest that moving to the center from extremist policies would increase the vote share, moderation does not occur. We believe that limited attention can explain the recent extremism. We created a model of voters with limited attention and the only  equilibrium is extremism in at least one policy. We also try to show some empirical evidence such that voters focus more on extreme policies and overstate the importance of those issues.

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82104395609?pwd=oTiwj7bsZJdL3iXh1Cl3HT6LofDKyx.1