Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177011 
Title: 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11207
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In the last decade, social media and the Internet have amplified the possibility to spread false information, a.k.a. fake news, which has become a serious threat to the credibility of politicians, organizations, and other decision makers. This paper proposes a framework for investigating the incentives to strategically spread fake news under different institutional configurations and payoff structures. In particular, we show under what conditions institutions that foster transparency in the media cause more fake news. Complementary, we study what kind of environments are particularly susceptible to the production of fake news.
Subjects: 
campaigning
electoral competition
signal jamming
vertical product differentiation
JEL: 
D72
D8
H0
L1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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