#2769. How do People Choose between Biased Information Sources? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

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Abstract:
The article examines whether it is optimal to turn to sources of information that are biased against or contrary to previous beliefs. An analysis of the questions of the post-experimental survey suggests that the subjects follow these rules due to fundamental errors in reasoning about the relative informativeness of biased sources of information.
Keywords:
laboratory experiment; biased sources; information

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