@inproceedings{Schwarz2010Near,
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 only measuring self-interest indirectly, 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, however, ideology appears to determine whether people feel affected by a proposed policy measure.},
address = {Frankfurt a. M.},
author = {Gerhard Schwarz and Hans Pitlik and Bernd Brandl and Barbara Bechter},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D72; D83; D84; 330; public opinion; sociotropic voting; ideology; self-interest; telephone surveys},
language = {eng},
number = {E18-V1},
publisher = {Verein f\"{u}r Socialpolitik},
series = {Beitr\"{a}ge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins f\"{u}r Socialpolitik 2010: \"{O}konomie der Familie - Session: Public Economics: How do individuals vote and behave?},
title = {Near Is My Shirt, But Nearer Is My Skin: Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37248},
year = {2010}
}
