🚨New working paper w/ the legendary @cbwlezien.bsky.social!
Lots of talk about inflation & voters' political views. But how well do voters actually understand info about inflation?
We find that most citizens conflate changes in rates w/ changes in prices. This has important consequences...
“Writing is hard.” Thrilled to share that this simple idea led to a new paper in Political Analysis! Where most text methods focus on content, I test if expression is also effortful action. I find simple measures like character counts reveal attitudes and predict voting. cup.org/4cUmoXi 1/