| dc.creator | Blinder, Alan S. | |
| dc.creator | Krueger, Alan B. | |
| dc.date | 2004 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-16T07:11:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-16T07:11:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-16 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20592 | |
| dc.identifier | ppn:472872117 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20592 | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.relation | IZA Discussion paper series 1324 | |
| dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | |
| dc.subject | E60 | |
| dc.subject | D70 | |
| dc.subject | ddc:330 | |
| dc.subject | ideology | |
| dc.subject | public opinion | |
| dc.subject | knowledge | |
| dc.subject | Öffentliche Meinung | |
| dc.subject | Public Choice | |
| dc.subject | Eigeninteresse | |
| dc.subject | Ideologie | |
| dc.subject | Bildung | |
| dc.subject | Interview | |
| dc.subject | Vereinigte Staaten | |
| dc.title | What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It? | |
| dc.type | doc-type:workingPaper |
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