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The Politics of the Slippery Slope

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Giri Parameswaran *
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Gabriel Sekeres
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Haya Goldblatt
DOI：10.1086/732965delete
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Abstract

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Slippery slope arguments-the idea that otherwise beneficial reforms should be rejected lest they beget further undesirable ones-are ubiquitous in political discourse. We provide a learning-based policy-feedback mechanism to explain why slippery slope dynamics arise. Additionally, we provide conditions under which, in equilibrium, sophisticated agents will successfully manipulate policy to either induce or prevent a slippery slope dynamic.
Keywords:
slippery slope
learning
policy momentum

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Journal of Politics cover
Journal of Politics
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Haverford College
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Cornell University
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