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 …' lower support for increases. Information about the tradeoffs between specific spending categories shifts preferences from …

education policy. The first key aspect is the relationship between public opinion and the level of information of the population … information in very similar ways. This suggests that the difference in policy outcomes between the U.S. and Germany is largely … on state spending for different areas of education. This research shows that providing respondents with the information …

comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information …, providing information about actual spending and salary levels reduces support for increased education spending from 54 to 40 … preferences are similar across the three countries when the role of status-quo and information are taken into account. …