Homophily — our tendency to surround ourselves with others who share our perspectives and opinions about the world — is both a part of human nature and an organizing principle underpinning many of our digital social networks. However, when it comes to politics or culture, homophily can amplify tribal mindsets and produce “echo chambers” that degrade the quality, safety, and diversity of discour...

We study the impact of political connections richest Poles on their wealth level, mobility among rich, and risk dropping off rich list. use newly collected original panel data (2002–2018) we find that none variables capturing Polish multimillionaires is consistently related neither to size largest fortunes in Poland nor chances upward While are a lower probability moving down list, also obtain ...

Models of voter choice frequently assume voters behave as independent actors who make decisions in a social vacuum. Recent work has demonstrated that social connections play a formative role in the decision to turnout to vote, to take expressive political action, and in the formation of political identity. Yet, no work has examined how social connections influence voters’ choices in an election...