title: Perceived Relative Income and Preferences for Public Good Provision
creator: Balietti, Anca
creator: Budjan, Angelika
creator: Eymess, Tillmann
subject: ddc-330
subject: 330 Economics
description: Guided by a theoretical framework, we study how perceived relative income affects preferences for public goods. In a randomized survey experiment, we inform respondents from India of their official income rank and elicit preferences for air quality, including actual contributions to environmental initiatives. Right-wing supporters withdraw contributions when perceived relative income increases. The effect coincides with diminished health concerns and lower intentions to utilize private protection measures against air pollution. In contrast, center-left supporters do not reduce contributions. A second survey experiment demonstrates the causality of the relationship using a novel treatment that exogenously shifts relative income perceptions.
date: 2023
type: Working paper
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/33423/7/Balietti_Budjan_Eymess_2023_dp729.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00033423
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-334239
identifier:   Balietti, Anca ; Budjan, Angelika ; Eymess, Tillmann  (2023) Perceived Relative Income and Preferences for Public Good Provision.  [Working paper]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/33423/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng