In Medio Stat Virtus? Effective Communication and Preferences for Redistribution in Hard Times

Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi, Massimo Morelli and Anna Rosso

No 21168, BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers from BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy

Abstract: This paper evaluates the effects of statistical information on the propensity to favor a specific group of recipients when allocating a scarce public resource. We refer to scarce resource with reference to the COVID-19 emergency: allocation of the first round of vaccine and the allocation of financial resources provided by the Italian national government to fight the economic emergency triggered by the pandemic. Randomly allocating the information through an online experiment, we show that treated respondents tend to prioritize the group targeted by the information, and they are more likely to do so if they are "in the middle", in terms of age, political preferences, religiosity and education.

Keywords: Sensitivity to Information; Beliefs Update; Scarce Resources Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 D80 D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2021
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