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Fall 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 25, Number 1

Categories: Politics | Fall 2009

Economic Bias and Ideology: Evidence from the General Social Survey

Stephen C. Miller, Troy University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise25(1),2009,31-49EconomicBiasandIdeology:EvidencefromtheGeneralSocialSurveyStephenC.Miller*WesternCarolinaUniversityAbstractThispaperexaminestheconnectionbetweenpoliticalideologyandfourdistinctcategoriesofeconomicbias:anti-marketbias,make-workbias,antiforeignbias,andpessimisticbias(Caplan,2007).Self-identifiedRepublicansandconservativesintheUnitedStatestendtohavelessbiasedbeliefsabouteconomicsthantheirDemocraticandliberalcounterparts.Thatis,theyarelesspronetotheanti-marketbiasandmake-workbiasasdescribedbyCaplan(2007).Thisresultholds,evenwhencontrollingforavarietyofdemographicfactors.Anotableexceptionisintheareaofinternationaleconomics,whereconservatives(butnotnecessarilyRepublicans)aremorelikelytoexhibitanti-foreignbias.Afourthcategoryofbias,pessimisticbias,doesnotappeartobestronglyconnectedwitheitherpartyidentificationorideology.JELCodes:D83,D84,D72Keywords:Economicbelief;VotercognitionI.IntroductionThispaperexaminestheconnectionbetweenpoliticalideologyandfourdistinctcategoriesofeconomicbias:anti-marketbias,makeworkbias,anti-foreignbias,andpessimisticbias(Caplan,2007).ThebasisforevaluatingandlabelingthesebiasesisCaplan’s(2002,2007)findingthateconomistsandthepublicsystematicallydisagreewitheachotheronawidevarietyofeconomicissues.IntheSurveyofAmericansandEconomistsontheEconomy(SAEE),itisclearthatthepublic,whencomparedtoprofessionaleconomists,islessoptimisticaboutthebenefitsoffreemarketinteractionandthegainsfromtrade,morelikelytoviewemploymentasthegoalofan*IwishtothankBryanCaplan,JeffreyFriedman,DanD’Amico,ArtCarden,twoanonymousreferees,andparticipantsatthe2008APEEmeetingsforhelpfulcommentsonearlierdraftsofthispaper.Responsibilityforallremainingerrorsismine.31

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Title	Economic Bias and Ideology: Evidence from the General Social Survey
Authors/Creators:	Stephen C. Miller, Troy University
Year:	2009
Volume:	25
Number:	1
Pages:	31 - 49
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic belief, Voter cognition, Voter Behaviour, Public Choice Theory, Political Science

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C. Miller, Stephen / 2009. "Economic Bias and Ideology: Evidence from the General Social Survey." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 25(1): 31-49.