PSCI 3328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Dependent And Independent Variables, Washington Consensus, World Trade Organization
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Theoretical expectations: economic/distributive effects, social dispositions - altruism and cosmopolitanism, partisanship and political knowledge. Its their money, mostly: low income, decrease support. Could have been theirs - domestic redistribution: net-receiving regions, decrease support. Could have been theirs - domestic redistribution: younger, decrease support. Why its their future money paying it back: stock investments, increase support. Social dispositions: bailout is considered a public good, altruism, increase support. Care about other individuals: cosmopolitan, increase support. Care about groups that are not necessarily close to you. Partisanship and political knowledge: distance from center, decrease support. How do they assess their hypothesis: observational as opposed to experimental, 2012 online survey of 5,000 germans. Economic incentives are generally not significant predictors of support: stock ownership is the exception - stocks increase support. Altruism and cosmopolitanism are strong predictors of support. Ideological extremism is a pretty strong predictor of opposition.
