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Fake news and beliefs: evidence from a natural experiment

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  • Francesco Bogliacino

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

  • Rafael Charris

    (Chapman University)

  • Camilo Gómez

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia; CERGE-EI)

  • Felipe Montealegre

    (Università degli Studi di Bologna)

Abstract

Can fake news affect individual beliefs? We exploit the natural experiment of ‘the night of collective panic' in Bogotá, combining administrative data from emergency calls, tweets, and elicited beliefs, to answer this question. The outcome variables are the perceived levels of insecurity within the neighbourhood. We fail to reject the hypothesis that the perception of insecurity was unaffected. We cannot exclude that the sample's demographic characteristics drive the null result.

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  • Francesco Bogliacino & Rafael Charris & Camilo Gómez & Felipe Montealegre, 2022. "Fake news and beliefs: evidence from a natural experiment," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(2), pages 802-809.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-22-00279
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    Keywords

    fake news; perception of insecurity; beliefs; availability heuristics; motivated reasoning; social identity;
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    JEL classification:

    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments

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