Symbolic Politics and Self-Interest in Post-Obamacare Health Insurance Coverage

• In Event: Symbols and Substance

Brief Overview

Using millions of survey responses from 2008 through 2017, we estimate the relative importance of both self-interest and symbolic predispositions on health care attitudes and behaviors.

Authors

• Tyler Thomas Reny, University of California-Los Angeles

• David O. Sears, University of California-Los Angeles