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Do Economists Have a Fatherland? How Global and National Efficiency Considerations Influence Economists’ Policy Judgements

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  • Robert Jacob
  • Detlef Fetchenhauer
  • Fabian Christandl

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type="main" xml:id="geer12017-abs-0001"> This study evaluates whether economists support economic policies such as free trade because they deem them to be good for their home country or because they increase global welfare. In a telephone survey, 100 German economists were asked to judge different policy proposals dealing with immigration, military exports and climate policy. Our results show that the acceptance of the policy proposals is strongly influenced by national efficiency judgements. In contrast, global efficiency judgements exert no significant positive effect on policy proposal acceptance. These effects even hold for economists who self-reported a global perspective in the assessment of the policy proposals. These judgements might be based on the potentially erroneous assumption that their policy judgements, taken from a national perspective, are consistent with global interests.

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  • Robert Jacob & Detlef Fetchenhauer & Fabian Christandl, 2014. "Do Economists Have a Fatherland? How Global and National Efficiency Considerations Influence Economists’ Policy Judgements," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 15(4), pages 473-496, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:germec:v:15:y:2014:i:4:p:473-496
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