Disentangling the relationship between sociotropic and egotropic trade attitudes: A survey experiment in Japan
Disentangling the relationship between sociotropic and egotropic trade attitudes: A survey experiment in Japan
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理清社会性和利己性贸易态度之间的关系:日本的一项调查实验
DOI:
10.1017/s1468109919000124
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发表时间:
2019
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1
通讯作者:
Hearn Eddie
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作者:
松尾貴央;松山美和;中谷謙;上杉康夫;松尾貴央;松尾 貴央;TAKAO MATSUO;鈴木国威・勝間理沙;勝間理沙;鈴木国威・勝間理沙;Hearn Eddie
Public support for protection is typically attributed to economic self-interest. Beyond pocketbook anxieties, a competing approach, however, contends that sociotropic attitudes dictate foreign policy preferences. Researchers, however, have faced difficulty in disentangling sociotropic attitudes from pocketbook concerns in observational studies. This article addresses this problem by utilizing a priming experiment to examine the relationship between socio and egotropic attitudes. In line with the predictions of the sociotropic framework, individuals are less certain about the egotropic effects of trade and sociotropic attitudes are found to influence egotropic perceptions by reducing uncertainty about the pocketbook effects of trade. In contrast, the study fails to find support for the hypothesis that individuals project egotropic concerns onto societal evaluations. The results of the study suggest that future research should pay careful consideration to the relationship between socio and egotropic attitudes when modeling and analyzing trade-policy preferences.