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econ.TH2026
Whataboutism
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We propose a model of whataboutism -- a rhetorical strategy that deflects criticism by citing similar misconduct that goes uncriticized on the critic's side -- and study its implic…
econ.TH2018
A Model of Competing Narratives
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We formalize the argument that political disagreements can be traced to a "clash of narratives". Drawing on the "Bayesian Networks" literature, we model a narrative as a causal mod…