American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2022 · Dietmar Fehr、Johanna Möllerström、Ricardo Pérez-Truglia
中文摘要
尽管关于个人对减少国内不平等的政策有何偏好，已有大量证据，但关于个人对应对全球不平等的政策有何偏好，证据却很少。为研究后者，我们以具有代表性的德国人样本开展了一项为期两年的面对面调查实验。我们测量个人如何形成对自身在国内与全球收入分布中位次的认知，以及这些认知与其国内及全球层面的政策偏好有何关联。我们发现，德国人系统性地低估了自身在世界收入分布中的真实位置，但纠正这些错误认知并不影响他们对全球不平等相关政策的支持。（JEL D12, D31, D63, H23）
Abstract
Although there is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, there is very little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conducted a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of Germans. We measure how individuals form perceptions of their ranks in the national and global income distributions and how these perceptions relate to their national and global policy preferences. We find that Germans systematically underestimate their true place in the world’s income distribution but that correcting those misperceptions does not affect their support for policies related to global inequality. (JEL D12, D31, D63, H23)