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Measuring voters’ knowledge of political news
The findings have implications for the role that information inequality plays in shaping policy
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Charles Angelucci is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia Business School from 2015 to 2020, where he taught an MBA elective course on Competitive Strategy. Charles conducts research in Organizational Economics and Political Economy, with a particular interest in governance issues and news media markets.
Charles Angelucci completed his PhD at the Toulouse School of Economics.
Angelucci, Charles and Andrea Prat, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6132-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2020.
Charles Angelucci and Julia Cagé. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics Vol. 11, No. 3 (2019): 319-364.
The findings have implications for the role that information inequality plays in shaping policy
What voters read and retain varies by age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status — which in turn can influence politicians and policy.
Source: The Hill (Opinion Piece)
“We found large variations and inequalities in voters' awareness of news...across age, gender, partisan preference, and socioeconomic status."
Source: The Ritz Herald
“A direct link exists between how much voters know about the news and the attention those voters receive from politicians.”