Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization

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Di Tella, Rafael; Galiani, Sebastián; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
Año de publicación
2012
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Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services measured immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about privatization prevail. We find that ?reality? can change beliefs: people who had first-hand experience observing the investments made by the privatized company have a better opinion of water privatization (relative to other privatizations) than people who did not gain access to water. The effect, while statistically significant, seems small adding only 0.8 points on a 1?10 scale. Moreover, the effect of priming subjects with government propaganda against privatization has an effect that almost offsets the effect of gaining water. However, our evidence suggests that the presence of firm investments makes beliefs about the benefits of privatization less susceptible to be affected by propaganda.
Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School; Estados Unidos
Fil: Galiani, Sebastián. Washington University in St. Louis; Estados Unidos
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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BELIEFS
PERSUASION
PRIVATIZATION
PROPAGANDA
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spelling Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatizationDi Tella, RafaelGaliani, SebastiánSchargrodsky, Ernesto SantiagoBELIEFSPERSUASIONPRIVATIZATIONPROPAGANDAhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services measured immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about privatization prevail. We find that ?reality? can change beliefs: people who had first-hand experience observing the investments made by the privatized company have a better opinion of water privatization (relative to other privatizations) than people who did not gain access to water. The effect, while statistically significant, seems small adding only 0.8 points on a 1?10 scale. Moreover, the effect of priming subjects with government propaganda against privatization has an effect that almost offsets the effect of gaining water. However, our evidence suggests that the presence of firm investments makes beliefs about the benefits of privatization less susceptible to be affected by propaganda.Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School; Estados UnidosFil: Galiani, Sebastián. Washington University in St. Louis; Estados UnidosFil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier2012-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/196468Di Tella, Rafael; Galiani, Sebastián; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization; Elsevier; Journal of Public Economics; 96; 5-6; 6-2012; 553-5670047-2727CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272711001691?via=ihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.11.006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:36:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/196468instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:36:44.7CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
title Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
spellingShingle Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
Di Tella, Rafael
BELIEFS
PERSUASION
PRIVATIZATION
PROPAGANDA
title_short Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
title_full Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
title_fullStr Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
title_full_unstemmed Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
title_sort Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Di Tella, Rafael
Galiani, Sebastián
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author Di Tella, Rafael
author_facet Di Tella, Rafael
Galiani, Sebastián
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author_role author
author2 Galiani, Sebastián
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BELIEFS
PERSUASION
PRIVATIZATION
PROPAGANDA
topic BELIEFS
PERSUASION
PRIVATIZATION
PROPAGANDA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services measured immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about privatization prevail. We find that ?reality? can change beliefs: people who had first-hand experience observing the investments made by the privatized company have a better opinion of water privatization (relative to other privatizations) than people who did not gain access to water. The effect, while statistically significant, seems small adding only 0.8 points on a 1?10 scale. Moreover, the effect of priming subjects with government propaganda against privatization has an effect that almost offsets the effect of gaining water. However, our evidence suggests that the presence of firm investments makes beliefs about the benefits of privatization less susceptible to be affected by propaganda.
Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School; Estados Unidos
Fil: Galiani, Sebastián. Washington University in St. Louis; Estados Unidos
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services measured immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about privatization prevail. We find that ?reality? can change beliefs: people who had first-hand experience observing the investments made by the privatized company have a better opinion of water privatization (relative to other privatizations) than people who did not gain access to water. The effect, while statistically significant, seems small adding only 0.8 points on a 1?10 scale. Moreover, the effect of priming subjects with government propaganda against privatization has an effect that almost offsets the effect of gaining water. However, our evidence suggests that the presence of firm investments makes beliefs about the benefits of privatization less susceptible to be affected by propaganda.
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Di Tella, Rafael; Galiani, Sebastián; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization; Elsevier; Journal of Public Economics; 96; 5-6; 6-2012; 553-567
0047-2727
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Di Tella, Rafael; Galiani, Sebastián; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization; Elsevier; Journal of Public Economics; 96; 5-6; 6-2012; 553-567
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