preferences, we implement parallel survey experiments in Germany and the United States. In both countries, support for increased … education spending and teacher salaries falls when respondents receive information about existing levels. Treatment effects vary … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …

preferences, we implement parallel survey experiments in Germany and the United States. In both countries, support for increased … education spending and teacher salaries falls when respondents receive information about existing levels. Treatment effects vary … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …

comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information … treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …, providing information about actual spending and salary levels reduces support for increased education spending from 54 to 40 …