What does the public know about economic policy, and how does it know it?
By: Alan S. Blinder, Alan B. Krueger.
Contributors: Krueger, Alan B.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10787; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10787.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Economic policy.; Economics -- Political aspects.
Description: "Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions.  What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents express a strong desire to be well informed on economic policy issues, and that television is their dominant source of information.  On a variety of major policy issues (e.g., taxes, social security, health insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least important.  Knowledge about the economy ranks somewhere in between"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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