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Description
Can voters' policy views be shifted ("manipulated") through information provision? This lecture uses behavioral and experimental economics to uncover the mechanism behind such changes in voter attitudes. I present evidence from three ongoing projects: (i) (de-)radicalizing right-wing voters with slanted information on immigration in Austria; (ii) the moralization of policies in a referendum on animal welfare in Switzerland; and (iii) increasing transparency about politician characteristics to curb vote buying ("cash for votes") in Southern India.