Socio-tropic Attitudes and Trade-Policy Preference Formation
Project/Area Number |
17K18268
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
International relations
Politics
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Research Institution | Doshisha University (2019) Kwansei Gakuin University (2017-2018) |
Principal Investigator |
Hearn Edward 同志社大学, グローバル・コミュニケーション学部, 助教 (70780047)
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Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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Keywords | political economy / free trade / protectionism / public opinion / self interest / sociotropic attitudes / foreign policy / survey experiments / Political Economy / International Relations / International Trade / Foreign Policy / Experiments / Survey Research / Public Opinion / Globalization / Trade Protection / Japan / Trade Openness / Policy Preferences / Protectionism / Domestic Politics |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research used a national survey with an embedded experimental design to analyze Japanese citizens attitudes toward foreign policy. The study helped to provide a clear examination of and differentiate the impact of egotropic and sociotropic attitudes on policy preferences. The results of the study find strong support for the sociotropic model. This suggests that Japanese citizens place a strong emphasis on the perceived sociotropic effects of trade when forming attitudes about globalization. Furthermore, sociotropic perceptions of trade are found to influence individuals' perceived personal impact of trade mainly by reducing uncertainty about the personal impact of international trade. Less support is found for the egotropic model. While egotropic perception influence trade policy perceptions, individuals have difficulty predicting how trade affects them personally. Furthermore, there is no evidence that individuals generalize egotropic perceptions of trade to society in general.
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The research results provide a framework for differentiating sociotropic and egotropic interests. The results further provide insight into public opinion in Japan. Framing trade in terms of societal affects can influence policy preference directly and indirectly by altering egotropic perceptions.
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Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(8 results)