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econ.GN2020★ 2 cited
The Fake News Effect: Experimentally Identifying Motivated Reasoning Using Trust in News
Michael Thaler
Motivated reasoning posits that people distort how they process information in the direction of beliefs they find attractive. This paper creates a novel experimental design to iden…
econ.GN2020★ 2 cited
Good News Is Not a Sufficient Condition for Motivated Reasoning
Michael Thaler
People often receive good news that makes them feel better about the world around them, or bad news that makes them feel worse about it. This paper studies how the valence of news…
econ.GN2020
Gender Differences in Motivated Reasoning
Michael Thaler
Men and women systematically differ in their beliefs about their performance relative to others; in particular, men tend to be more overconfident. This paper provides support for o…