Public policy for thee, but not for me: Varying the grammatical person of public policy justifications influences their support

Past research has shown that people consistently believe that others are more easily manipulated by external influences than they themselves are---a phenomenon called the ``third-person effect'' (Davison, 1983). The present research investigates whether support for public policies aimed a...

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Main Authors: James F. M. Cornwell, David H. Krantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014-09-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/14/14625a/jdm14625a.pdf