Explaining Preference Gaps: The Role of Information

• In Event: Information and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Policy preferences for people with different incomes tend to be strikingly similar. We consider whether the differences we observe are real or the result of survey question wording that discourages "don't know" responses.

Authors

• Mads Andreas Elkjær, University of Copenhagen

• Christopher Wlezien, The University of Texas at Austin