Terrorism and Immigration Policy Preferences
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چکیده
What is the causal impact of terrorism on immigration policy preferences? Under what circumstances and due to which psychological micro-mechanisms does this materialize? To answer these questions, we provide evidence from pre-registered well-powered experiments for Germany United Kingdom. We find that anti-immigration responses follow an emotional proximity rationale: leads more restrictive migration preferences only among individuals with high levels perceived insecurity, especially when occurs in their own country. Policy are not affected by abroad or information cues objectively low probability being victimized.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Defence and peace economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1024-2694', '1476-8267']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2022.2061837