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Neutral News as a Bridge to Broader Opinion Exposure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\ud83d\uddce Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This paper examines how individuals with limited attention allocate their information consumption across neutral and biased news sources. I develop a model in which agents rationally choose a portfolio of outlets to learn about an uncertain state of the world. While confirmation bias emerges as the benchmark outcome when only biased sources are available, the presence of a sufficiently precise neutral source fundamentally alters optimal information acquisition. Neutral sources do not merely moderate beliefs: they restructure the informational value of biased outlets. In particular, agents with weak prior beliefs may optimally combine neutral sources with sources opposing their prior views. This portfolio exploits an asymmetric complementarity between reliable neutral information and the possibility of immediate uncertainty resolution provided by opposing sources, leading to sharp posterior beliefs without requiring any intrinsic preference for disagreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Distorting Attention: Platform Design, Market Complexity, and the Balance Between Advertising and Fees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddce Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dne\u0161n\u00ed digit\u00e1ln\u00ed tr\u017ei\u0161t\u011b ovl\u00e1daj\u00ed nejen strukturu poplatk\u016f, ale i informa\u010dn\u00ed toky. Tento \u010dl\u00e1nek popisuje platformu, je\u017e sou\u010dasn\u011b optimalizuje dva zdroje p\u0159\u00edjm\u016f: transak\u010dn\u00ed poplatek a monetizaci pozornosti u\u017eivatel\u016f. Kupuj\u00edc\u00ed modeluji jako racion\u00e1ln\u011b nepozorn\u00e9 akt\u00e9ry, kte\u0159\u00ed strategicky alokuj\u00ed omezen\u00e9 kognitivn\u00ed zdroje k z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed informac\u00ed o kvalit\u011b produktu. Platforma \u010del\u00ed z\u00e1sadn\u00edmu kompromisu: zv\u00fd\u0161en\u00ed n\u00e1klad\u016f na informace (ceny pozornosti) prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm reklamn\u00ed z\u00e1t\u011b\u017ee m\u016f\u017ee zv\u00fd\u0161it okam\u017eit\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edjmy a zabr\u00e1nit tomu, aby kupuj\u00edc\u00ed odm\u00edtali n\u00edzkokvalitn\u00ed produkty, z\u00e1rove\u0148 v\u0161ak m\u016f\u017ee \u201ezaml\u017eovat\u201c trh, odrazovat od vyhled\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed a sni\u017eovat p\u0159\u00edjmy z transak\u010dn\u00edch poplatk\u016f. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Why No Tomorrow? Cognitive Costs, Beliefs, and Failure to Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddce Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This paper studies sequential decision-making under cognitive costs. Motivated by experimental evidence showing systematic failure to plan, I develop a model in which\nagents optimally choose whether to inspect future opportunities. The model characterizes the value of information in a setting with indivisible consumption choices and a binding budget constraint. I show that agents may rationally ignore future opportunities when the expected value of information is low relative to cognitive costs, generating behavior that resembles impatience. The model yields closed-form expressions for continuation values and admits a tractable decomposition of the value of information. A calibrated version matches experimental patterns. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Categorization and Reference-Dependent Decision-Making under Statutory Thresholds: Evidence from a Criminal Law Reform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\uddce Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sentencing ranges can influence judicial decision-making through multiple behavioral channels. This paper studies a reform of the nominal damage thresholds classifying theft offenses into statutory categories. As a result of this reform, some offenses were moved to less serious categories, facing reduced sentencing ranges (e.g., from 2\u20138 to 1\u20135 years of imprisonment), while for others the formal range remained unchanged (e.g., 1\u20135 years) but the category was expanded to include more severe cases. I find that judges impose significantly shorter prison sentences both for offenses with explicitly lowered sentencing ranges and for offenses whose statutory ranges remained unchanged yet came to encompass more severe conduct. The findings provide evidence for two distinct mechanisms: a severity channel, whereby sentencing ranges signal the legislator\u2019s assessment of offense seriousness, and a reference channel, whereby judges evaluate cases relative to other offenses within the same statutory range. The findings demonstrate that sentencing range reforms can have broader and more nuanced effects than those implied by formal changes in statutory minimums and maximums alone. More broadly, the paper highlights the importance of reference-based judicial reasoning in the development and assessment of sentencing policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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