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Venue address: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, R. Francesinhas 21, 1200-675 Lisboa, Portugal
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Sept 2026, 11:06:43am WEST
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D05: Fairness Views and Fiscal Policy Preferences Location: Room 105 (Francesinhas 1) | |
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Attitudes, Beliefs, And Support For Economic Policies LSE, United Kingdom Why do individuals support some inequality-reducing policies while opposing others? This paper shows that heterogeneity in beliefs about policies’ distributional and macroeconomic effects is a central determinant of support, above and beyond attitudes and preferences. I develop a framework in which policy support depends on perceived self-interest, perceived effects on others' welfare, and perceived effects on the macroeconomy. I test this framework using a large, nationally representative survey of French citizens covering twelve economic policies. Beliefs alone explain 26% of the variation in policy support, outperforming demographics, political ideology, and standard attitudinal measures. Differences in beliefs account for most of the preference for predistribution over redistribution and explain nearly half of the partisan gap in support for inequality-reducing policies. Providing information on policies’ effects increases support, particularly among right-leaning respondents, leading to depolarisation. These findings identify beliefs rather than attitudes as a key margin shaping demand for economic policies.
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