Social desirability bias and polling errors in the 2016 presidential election

•We use a list experiment and find that respondents are relatively more likely to conceal support for Donald Trump than for Hillary Clinton.•Members of both parties are relatively more likely to conceal support for the opposing party’s candidate.•These differences are not driven by ideology but may...

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Volume:	74
Main Author:	Brownback, Andy Novotny, Aaron
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	NEW YORK Elsevier Inc 01.06.2018 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC Elsevier B.V
published in:	Journal of behavioral and experimental economics Vol. 74; pp. 38 - 56
Related:	Trump, Donald Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Data of publication:	June 2018
ISSN:	2214-8043 2214-8051
EISSN:	2214-8051
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	List experiment Polling Economic policy Social desirability Election Predictions Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Presidential candidates Clinton, Hillary Rodham Presidential elections (United States) Social aspects Public opinion Trump, Donald Political aspects Set (Psychology) United States Polling Predictions List experiment Economic policy Social desirability Election D91 D72 DISTANCE DICTATOR CANDIDATE ATTITUDES IDENTITY SUPPORT PREDICTION MARKETS BLACK RANDOMIZED-RESPONSE
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2018 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS