Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320525 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17931
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study anchoring effects in the elicitation of multidimensional beliefs within a single survey task using a representative sample of the German voting-age population. Respondents estimated government-spending levels across several domains (e.g., education, defense, social security), with randomized exposure to different informational anchors in one domain. Anchors significantly influence elicited beliefs in related domains and partially also shift respondents' policy preferences. While the anchors change absolute estimates, perceived government-spending rankings remain stable. These findings offer methodological guidance for survey design involving multidimensional belief elicitation in information-provision experiments.
Subjects: 
survey
beliefs
experiment
anchoring
government spending
JEL: 
D83
C83
C90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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