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| Title: | | Does political knowledge increase support for Europe? A cross country investigation of the attitudes of European citizens  |
| Authors: | | Cerniglia, Floriana Pagani, Laura |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Public Choice 3369 |
| Abstract: | | We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of responsibilities between European level institutions and national governments in three policy areas: foreign policy, defence and immigration policy. The hypothesis tested is that if citizens are not knowledgeable about how the EU works, they are more likely to be wrong about the consequences of a mismatch in the allocation of competences. In order to identify the causal effect of political knowledge on attitudes we use an instrumental variables approach. The results show that more informed citizens have a considerably higher probability of being in favour of the process of EU integration. |
| Subjects: | | European Union information attitudes political economy |
| JEL: | | H70 D80 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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