Spontaneous Outburst or Strategic Signal? Legislative Emotions in South Korea’s National Assembly

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Brief Overview

This project develops a simple formal model and uses video and transcript analysis of South Korea’s National Assembly to test when legislative emotions signal partisan loyalty to voters and are rewarded by party leaders.

Authors

• Haejo Kang, Columbia University

• Songpo Yang, Tsinghua University