Skepticism and credulity: a model and applications to political spin, belief formation, and decision weights

DOI10.1515/bejte-2019-0184OpenAlexW3138300731MaRDI QIDQ2690346

James David Campbell

Publication date: 16 March 2023

Published in: The B. E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2019-0184

zbMATH Keywords

subjective probabilitypersuasionskepticismbelief formationcredulitypolitical spin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Applications of game theory (91A80) History, political science (91F10)

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