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Information credibility and responses to corruption: a replication and extension in Argentina

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  • Winters, Matthew S.
  • Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca

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Existing research shows that survey respondents are sensitive to the source of information about political corruption and respond more strongly to information from more credible sources. This behavior occurs more frequently among the politically sophisticated. In a nation-wide survey in Argentina, we successfully replicate results originally found in a study in Brazil. In addition, we examine whether citizens process information about corruption differently depending on their partisan identities. At odds with our initial expectations, we find that copartisans, opposition partisans, and other/non-partisans distinguish between information sources in very similar ways. These results suggest that even though partisanship affects baseline assessments of political candidates, citizens of all types are sensitive to the credibility of information they receive about political corruption.

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  • Winters, Matthew S. & Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca, 2020. "Information credibility and responses to corruption: a replication and extension in Argentina," Political Science Research and Methods, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(1), pages 169-177, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:pscirm:v:8:y:2020:i:1:p:169-177_13
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