Choosing to Learn: The Political and Policy Determinants of Public Preferences for New Information

• In Event: The Influence of Knowledge, Information, and Experience on Public Support for Policy

Brief Overview

Using survey experiments coupled with comparative historical analysis, this paper examines the implications of partisan polarization on public willingness to seek new information and update preferences for health and social policies.

Authors

• Susan Moffitt, Brown University

• Marie Schenk, Brown University

• Paul Franz Testa, Brown University