The micro-geography of persuasion: randomised peer exposure and legislative outcomes over 230 years
Date: Tue Oct 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at 12:45 - 14:00
Location: Room W4.05 (Cambridge Judge Business School)
Join our Finance seminar with Bo Li, Associate Professor of Finance at Peking University. The micro-geogr… The micro-geogr… 12:45 -14:00 Times shown in local time Open to: All Room W4.05 (Cambridge Judge Business School) Trumpington St United Kingdom Category: Finance Seminar Series On-campus events Research seminars Speaker: Dr Bo Li, Peking University Using over 230 years of congressional voting and exogenous variation in legislators’ seating locations, we show that physical distance has remained a robust and persistent persuasion channel. This finding holds true irrespective of the political polarisation environment, party, legislative agenda and constituent interests. Namely, we exploit exogenous placement of senators across distinct historical settings, including geography-based seati
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