The cost of a divided America: an experimental study into destructive behavior
通过实验研究唐纳德·特朗普与希拉里·克林顿支持者之间的态度和恶意行为，发现政治极化导致更多财富被破坏，尤其是克林顿支持者更倾向于破坏对手的财富。
Abstract Does political polarization lead to dysfunctional behavior? To study this question, we investigate the attitudes of supporters of Donald Trump and of Hillary Clinton towards each other and how these attitudes affect spiteful behavior. We find that both Trump and Clinton supporters display less positive attitudes towards the opposing supporters compared to coinciding supporters. More importantly, we show that significantly more wealth is destroyed if the opponent is an opposing voter. This effect is mainly driven by Clinton voters. This provides the first experimental evidence that political polarization leads to destructive behavior.