Itamar Yakir
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itamaryakir.bsky.social
Itamar Yakir
@itamaryakir.bsky.social
Postdoctoral associate, ISPS, Identity & Conflict Lab, Yale university || PhD Public Policy, Hebrew U || Studying political behavior, political economy & public policy
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Conflict exposure increases hawkish preferences, but only among center-left voters, offsetting the restraining effect of dovish norms.
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Key findings: People conform to perceived norms, but selectively. Center-left voters respond mainly to dovish cues; right-wing voters mainly to hawkish cues, even when exposed to both. However,...
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We field an experiment among Israeli respondents one month after the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict, experimentally varying exposure to dovish vs. hawkish public opinion among co-nationals.
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM