The Effect of Personal Economic Values on Economic Policy Preferences

dc.contributor.authorFriesen, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorHibbing, Matthew V.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Political Science, School of Liberal Artsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T17:20:17Z
dc.date.available2016-04-19T17:20:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractObjectives Citizens often express that the government should be run like a business or household in the way that money is saved and spent, though individuals vary in their personal financial preferences and attitudes toward money. To explore the relationship between the personal and political, we draw upon research in psychology, economics, and consumer science on personal economic values, such as materialism and the importance of saving money. Methods Using a survey of 340 adults, we test connections between political ideology, the Big Five personality traits, and money conservation and material values. Results Our data suggest that values regarding personal money conservation are unrelated to economic policy attitudes like welfare spending and wealth redistribution, but the value individuals place on material items is predictive of these political preferences. Conclusion By showing the political significance of personal (and nonpolitical) materialism values, we contribute to a rapidly growing literature showing that political attitudes and behaviors are best understood in the context of the larger social world.en_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationFriesen, A., & Hibbing, M. V. (2016). The Effect of Personal Economic Values on Economic Policy Preferences. Social Science Quarterly. http://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12236en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/9328
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1111/ssqu.12236en_US
dc.relation.journalSocial Science Quarterlyen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectpersonal economic valuesen_US
dc.subjecteconomic policy preferencesen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Personal Economic Values on Economic Policy Preferencesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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