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--></style></head><body lang=DE-AT link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear All,<br><br>You are invited to attend the VCEE seminar on Monday, November 3, from 11:30 to 13:00 hrs Vienna time. <br><br>The seminar takes place in <b>lecture</b> <b>hall 7 </b>(1<sup>st</sup> floor) at<b> Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1.<i><span style='color:red'><br></span></i></b><br>We will have one speaker: <b>Valeria Burdea </b>(LMU Munich)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Webpage: <a href="https://www.econ.lmu.de/de/personen/kontaktseite/valeria-burdea-c5b930f4.html">Valeria Burdea</a><br><br>Here is more information about the talk:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Title: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Partisan Biases in Source Credibility Beliefs (with William Minozzi, Jonathan Woon)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Political polarization over basic facts poses a serious challenge to the functioning of democracies. Yet distinguishing between competing explanations for fact polarization through evidence of learning (first-order beliefs) is hindered by observational equivalence. To address this limitation, we examine source credibility (second-order) beliefs - perceptions of the accuracy of others’ factual knowledge. Our findings reveal strong evidence that in-group partisan bias is a key mechanism linking first-order rational learning to fact polarization. In-group partisans are consistently perceived as having more accurate knowledge than out-group partisans. This partisan gap is primarily driven by political affect - feelings toward members of each party - rather than party-specific knowledge, implying a hybrid model of first-order rational learning with second-order motivated reasoning. These results have direct implications for media, institutions, and policymakers seeking to mitigate bias and reduce polarization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>If you are interested in meeting Valeria Burdea (meeting slots of 30’) you can register via this link. <b>There are still some slots available:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/UllOwM4iG5VuzW33">https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/UllOwM4iG5VuzW33</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sylvia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>