Arbeitspapier
What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?
Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents express a strong desire to be well informed on economic policy issues, and that television is their dominant source of information. On a variety of major policy issues (e.g., taxes, social security, health insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least important. Knowledge about the economy ranks somewhere in between.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1324
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook: General
Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
- Subject
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ideology
public opinion
knowledge
Öffentliche Meinung
Public Choice
Eigeninteresse
Ideologie
Bildung
Interview
Vereinigte Staaten
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Blinder, Alan S.
Krueger, Alan B.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2004
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Blinder, Alan S.
- Krueger, Alan B.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2004
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