Manipulating voters

Presentation of a research project as part of the "Jeudis de la Maison Suger", a residents' research seminar.

Jean-Robert Tyran is professor of public economics at the University of Vienna and director of the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics. He is a research fellow at various institutions (including CEPR, London; CESifo, Munich) and has held numerous visiting positions (Harvard Kennedy School, Caltech, among others).

Presentation of the project

"Attempts to induce voters to change their minds on how to cast their votes are common across the globe and come in many guises. I report on my recent and ongoing work investigating how and why voters can be manipulated. I report on experimental studies using fake news, slanted information and moralizing campaigns to manipulate voter attitudes on diverse issues ranging from immigration to animal welfare in Austria, Switzerland and the UK. I also report on an ongoing project on how to fight rampant vote buying in Southern India."

Speaker

• Jean-Robert Tyran is professor of public economics at the University of Vienna and director of the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics.