Identifying the effect of persuasion

Sung Jae Jun and Sokbae (Simon) Lee

No 24/22, CeMMAP working papers from Institute for Fiscal Studies

Abstract: This paper examines a commonly used measure of persuasion whose precise interpretation has been obscure in the literature. By using the potential outcome framework, we define the causal persuasion rate by a proper conditional probability of taking the action of interest with a persuasive message conditional on not taking the action without the message. We then formally study identification under empirically relevant data scenarios and show that the commonly adopted measure generally does not estimate, but often overstates, the causal rate of persuasion. We discuss several new parameters of interest and provide practical methods for causal inference.

Date: 2022-12-14
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Journal Article: Identifying the Effect of Persuasion (2023)
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DOI: 10.47004/wp.cem.2022.2422

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