Search Results - subject:"Preference Formation"

The instability of preferences: Uncertain futures and the incommensurable and intersubjective nature of value(s)

Bronk, Richard; Beckert, Jens - 2022

, and value assessments central to preference formation. The paper concludes by considering implications for economics as a …. This paper builds on these challenges to standard assumptions by analysing the pivotal role of three aspects of preference … formation in explaining capitalist dynamics and market instability. These are the constant creation of new preferences and the …

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Interregional contact and the formation of a shared identity

Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2022

We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs and national identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations throughout Spain, with tailored survey data. Being...

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Perzipierte Ungleichheit und politische Nachfrage

Dallinger, Ursula - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 73 (2022) 4, pp. 473-500

Nach einer neueren sozialwissenschaftlichen Debatte nehmen die Bürger die Einkommensungleichheit eher ungenau wahr, was auch ihre Akzeptanz verteilungspolitischer Programme beeinflusst. Die Studie, über die der Artikel berichtet, prüft, ob sich das am Beispiel der Vermögensteuer bestätigen...

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At Least Agree on the Important Things: The Impact of Issue Distance, Intracoalition Heterogeneity, and Salience on Voters’ Coalition Preferences

Welz, Robert - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 64 (2022) 1, pp. 19-49

The 2021 German federal election led to the formation of the so-called traffic-light coalition between the Social Democratic Party, the Green Party, and the Free Democratic Party, which had never before been agreed upon at the federal level. Over a long period, German parties had competed for...

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