Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin: Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues

Kyklos - Tập 64 Số 2 - Trang 271-290 - 2011
Hans Pitlik1, Gerhard Schwarz1, Barbara Bechter2, Bernd Brandl3,2
1Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
2University of Vienna
3* apl. Prof. Dr. Hans Pitlik ([email protected]) and Mag. Gerhard Schwarz ([email protected]): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)Arsenal Objekt 20 1030 Vienna, AustriaPhone: +43 1 798 26 01 - 263. Dr. Barbara Bechter ([email protected]) and PD Dr. Bernd Brandl ([email protected]): University of Vienna, Department of Industrial Sociology Institut für Wirtschaftssoziologie Universität Wien Brünner Straße 72 1210 Vienna, Austria Phone +43 1 4277 38 310 Fax: +43 1 4277 38 318. The authors wish to thank the Central Bank of Austria (Oesterreichische Nationalbank) for funding this study under Jubiläumsfonds Project No. 12817. We also thank Christian Björnskov, Arye Hillman, Franz Sinabell, the anonymous referees and the editors of this journal as well as the participants of the respective sessions at the Public Choice Societies' Meetings 2010 in Monterey, CA, and Izmir, Turkey, for valuable comments. Our special thanks go to Andrea Sutrich for valuable assistance in preparing the paper and to the participants of our survey for making our research possible.

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