Join us this week as we dive into the rise of identity politics in the U.S. and its implications on political behavior. We explore a interesting paper titled “Identity Politics,” published as an Economics Working Paper in March 2023.

Authors:

Nicola Gennaioli https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=1nnaKEwAAAAJ&hl=en

Guido Tabellini: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=z2bcm8cAAAAJ&hl=en

Links for further exploration:

·   Full Paper: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/271982/1/cesifo1_wp10338.pdf

·   Data on political adverts: https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/

·   Data on white voting over time: https://electionstudies.org/

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