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Heterogeneous information and trade policy
Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008
Protectionism enjoys surprising popular support, in spite of deadweight losses. At the same time, trade barriers appear to decline with public information about protection. This paper develops an electoral model with heterogeneously informed voters which explains both facts and predicts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645443
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Heterogeneous Information and Trade Policy
Ponzetto, Giacomo - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2011
Protectionism enjoys surprising popular support, in spite of deadweight losses. At the same time, trade barriers appear to decline with public information about protection. This paper develops an electoral model with heterogeneously informed voters which explains both facts and predicts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692002
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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth
Ponzetto, Giacomo AM; Troiano, Ugo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We present a tractable stochastic endogenous growth model that explains how social capital influences economic development. In our model, social capital increases citizens' awareness of government activity. Hence, it alleviates the electoral incentives to under-invest in education, whose returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084642
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Imperfect Information, Democracy, and Populism
Binswanger, Johannes; Prüfer, Jens - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009
The modern world is complex and difficult to understand for voters, who may hold beliefs that are at variance with reality. Politicians face incentives to pander to voters' beliefs to get reelected. We analyze the welfare effects of this pandering and show that it entails both costs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091298
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Between Beveridge and Bismarck: Preferences for redistribution through public pensions
Breyer, Friedrich; Breunig, Christian; Kapteina, Mark; … - 2024
between beneficiary groups lowers perceived fairness and increases the demand for redistribution. Both citizens and … favor of more redistribution from high to low earners in the retirement phase. Our design utilizes a representative survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567483
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Affecting Public Support for Economic Policies: Evidence from a Survey Experiment about Rent Control in Germany
Dolls, Mathias; Schüle, Paul; Windsteiger, Lisa - 2023
We conduct a survey experiment among 18,000 respondents in Germany to examine the determinants of support for rent control policies. Highlighting undesirable price and supply effects lowers respondents' agreement with rent control, while pointing out that it can prevent displacement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377467
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Aligning Preferences for Redistribution of Right and Left Wing Voters by Correcting Their Beliefs about Inequality : Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Australia
Hoy, Christopher - 2019
Are differences in preferences for redistribution between right and left wing voters amplified because of … to convergence in preferences for redistribution and charitable giving between right and left wing voters. The effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889976
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Can Information About Inequality and Social Mobility Change Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials in 11 High and Middle-Income Countries
Hoy, Christopher - 2018
the national government to address inequality through redistribution by providing them with information about inequality … preferences for redistribution are only elastic to information in some countries and in the United States both types of … information lowered support for redistribution. Secondly, in middle income countries, information about people's position in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929983
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Economic Anxiety and Belief in the American Dream : How Will Redistributive Preferences Evolve as Automation Disrupts Labor Markets?
Jeffrey, Karen; Matakos, Konstantinos - 2021
respondents' memory thus increasing their support for redistribution. This effect stems from recently-shocked respondents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244501
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Affecting public support for economic policies : evidence from a survey experiment about rent control in Germany
Dolls, Mathias; Schüle, Paul; Windsteiger, Lisa - 2023
We conduct a survey experiment among 18,000 respondents in Germany to examine the determinants of support for rent control policies. Highlighting undesirable price and supply effects lowers respondents' agreement with rent control, while pointing out that it can prevent displacement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292817