@danjdevine.bsky.social
public opinion, behaviour, attitudes, &c.
Associate Prof, @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
Co-Editor, @electoralstudies.bsky.social
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@danjdevine.bsky.socialThis paper was desk rejected several times before going to review at @jeppjournal.bsky.social and was accepted after one (very tough) round.
@danjdevine.bsky.social(How) does trust bolster support for complex, long-term policy?
In this paper, we show it can, but can only conjecture why.
My ERC project takes up this question again, starting in January...
@danjdevine.bsky.socialWe propose, but can't fully test, an alternative: in this case, fairness considerations override trust. If people have a base moral objection, trust is irrelevant. It is only when the 'fairness heuristic' is fulfilled that the 'trust heuristic' becomes relevant.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialWhilst the paper is empirical, it has theoretical consequences. We find very little evidence for the usual theory linking trust and policy preferences, in line with other recent work. There's little relationship between trust and risk, cost exposure, or ideology.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialAcross four designs and different outcomes - general support for the tax, a specific tax rate, or abolition of an existing tax - we find trust is consistently, strongly positively related. Higher trust, higher support for inheritance tax. This is true in almost every country in the data.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialInheritance tax is a good case to study the link between trust and policy preferences: it comes with costs and uncertainties, but ones that are very unevenly distributed. We use a panel, an embedded survey experiment, the British Election Study, and voting behaviour in a Swiss referendum.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialInheritance taxation is unpopular, even amongst people who are unlikely to ever have to pay it. Why?
In four different studies - experiment! panels! behaviour! - @cvalebeek.bsky.social and I show political trust is a strong predictor for support for the tax.
@rikkidean.bsky.socialReposted by @danjdevine.bsky.socialThe deadline to apply for the PoPPiE Research Fellow position is on Friday.
With wonderful timing, the PoPPiE website is down. If you are looking for more info on the project, then I have added the six-page project description to my own website: rikkidean.com/poppie_annou...
@danjdevine.bsky.socialAnother dream job here
@danjdevine.bsky.socialReposted by @danjdevine.bsky.social❗ There are two ridiculously good 2.5 year postdocs on 'Trust, Participation, and Democratic Resilience' - one focusing on experiments, one on quants (general), over at @politicsoxford.bsky.social :
@danjdevine.bsky.social❗ There are two ridiculously good 2.5 year postdocs on 'Trust, Participation, and Democratic Resilience' - one focusing on experiments, one on quants (general), over at @politicsoxford.bsky.social :
@danjdevine.bsky.socialReposted by @danjdevine.bsky.social❗ There's a permanent, research and teaching lectureship over at the University of Surrey in the broad area of behaviour, attitudes, parties, etc.
@danjdevine.bsky.social❗ There's a permanent, research and teaching lectureship over at the University of Surrey in the broad area of behaviour, attitudes, parties, etc.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialChaser:
@danjdevine.bsky.socialReposted by @danjdevine.bsky.socialInterested in a politics PhD? If you also have a penchant for watching passenger ferries up close and/or excellent project supervision, then @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is ideal for you.
You can apply for full funding from @scdtp.bsky.social southcoastdtp.ac.uk
@danjdevine.bsky.socialLook forward to reading.
@danjdevine.bsky.social10% of the attendees at this protest were arrested for assault, affray, and racism, and the BBC opt for it being 'mostly peaceful'.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialThere will be large swathes of cities uninhabited with blocks left rotting as investment portfolios sit on them, and the government does nothing.
@danjdevine.bsky.socialDeep Impact (1998). Inexplicably allowed to watch, aged 6, embedded a deep fear of asteroid-based armageddon.
@drjennings.bsky.socialReposted by @danjdevine.bsky.socialDue out January...
