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Jacob, Robert, Fetchenhauer, Detlef and Christandl, Fabian ORCID: 0000-0001-8487-3762 (2014). Do Economists Have a Fatherland? How Global and National Efficiency Considerations Influence Economists' Policy Judgements. Ger. Econ. Rev., 15 (4). S. 473 - 497. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-0475

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Abstract

This study evaluates whether economists support economic policies such as free trade because they deem them to be good for their home country or because they increase global welfare. In a telephone survey, 100 German economists were asked to judge different policy proposals dealing with immigration, military exports and climate policy. Our results show that the acceptance of the policy proposals is strongly influenced by national efficiency judgements. In contrast, global efficiency judgements exert no significant positive effect on policy proposal acceptance. These effects even hold for economists who self-reported a global perspective in the assessment of the policy proposals. These judgements might be based on the potentially erroneous assumption that their policy judgements, taken from a national perspective, are consistent with global interests.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Jacob, Robert UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fetchenhauer, Detlef UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Christandl, Fabian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8487-3762 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-424652
DOI:	10.1111/geer.12017
Journal or Publication Title:	Ger. Econ. Rev.
Volume:	15
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 473 - 497
Date:	2014
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-0475
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EGOCENTRIC BIAS; CONSENSUS; VIEWS Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42465