Arbeitspapier
Perceived relative income and preferences for public good provision
Guided by a theoretical framework, we study how perceived relative income affects preferences for public goods. In a randomized survey experiment, we inform respondents from India of their official income rank and elicit preferences for air quality, including actual contributions to environmental initiatives. Right-wing supporters withdraw contributions when perceived relative income increases. The effect coincides with diminished health concerns and lower intentions to utilize private protection measures against air pollution. In contrast, center-left supporters do not reduce contributions. A second survey experiment demonstrates the causality of the relationship using a novel treatment that exogenously shifts relative income perceptions.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: AWI Discussion Paper Series ; No. 729
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Public Goods
Health and Inequality
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
- Subject
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perceived relative income
public goods
voluntary contributions
airpollution
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Balietti, Anca
Budjan, Angelika J.
Eymess, Tillmann
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Heidelberg
- (when)
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2023
- DOI
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doi:10.11588/heidok.00033423
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-334239
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Balietti, Anca
- Budjan, Angelika J.
- Eymess, Tillmann
- University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2023
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