Elaine Denny
Poverty and anxiety both affect decision-making through well-established cognitive mechanisms. I use these insights from behavioral economics and psychology to improve our understanding of when and why people do (or do not) take political action. Specifically, why do poor people often participate in politics at lower rates than wealthier counterparts, even when they stand to benefit more from political change? I show that the experience of financial stress alters how people think about decisions, leading to divergences in political behavior, with downstream representational consequences. Related research interests include:
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