Pro Arguments, Con Arguments and Status Quo Bias in Multi-Issue Decision Problems

Ran Spiegler ()

Economics Papers from Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Abstract: The public faces a choice between two alternatives: the status quo and a "comprehesive reform" proposal that departs from the status quo in several dimensions. Deliberation over the problem takes the form of a public multi-issue debate. The "reformists" argue that the proposed reform satisfies desirable features lacked by the status quo. The status quo supporters counter-argue that some of these features are obtainable by a reform that departs from the status quo in a single dimension only. This "modest reform" is not a feasible alternative in the debate and is used by the status quo camp merely as an argument.

Keywords: REFORM; STATUS QUO; ALTERNATIVES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 D79 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2000
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