Income misperception and populism

Arbeitspapier

We propose that false beliefs about own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Eliciting subjects' receptiveness to rightwing populism and their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households, we find that people with pessimistic beliefs about their income position are more attuned to populist statements. Key to understanding the misperception-populism relationship are strong gender differences in the mechanism: men are much more likely to channel their discontent into affection for populist ideas. A simple information provision does neither sustainably reduce misperception nor curb populism.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers ; No. 104

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡ ; Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
• Thema: Perception ; Income ; Populism

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Albers, Thilo N. H. ; Kersting, Felix ; Kosse, Fabian
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Würzburg, Department of Economics
• (wo): Würzburg
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.25972/OPUS-32169
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/274532
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-321696
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ