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Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin. Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues

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  • Hans Pitlik

    (WIFO)

  • Gerhard Schwarz

    (Austrian Institute of Economic Research)

  • Barbara Bechter
  • Bernd Brandl

    (University of Vienna, Department of Industrial Sociology)

Abstract

Several empirical studies derive that personal positions with respect to policy measures are dominated by ideology instead of narrow self-interest. In the present field study we carried out a telephone survey with 1,003 respondents all over Austria. Instead of measuring selfishness indirectly by using more or less "objective indicators" for self-interest, we requested respondents to assess directly whether they expect to be affected by policy measures. Our results indicate that such a subjectively measured narrow self-interest explains attitudes towards economic policies at least as good as ideological conviction. In some cases ideology appears to determine whether people feel affected by a proposed policy measure.

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Paper provided by WIFO in its series WIFO Working Papers with number 373.

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Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: 30 Jun 2010
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Handle: RePEc:wfo:wpaper:y:2010:i:373

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