论文标题
减少堕胎，枪支和移民的极化：一项实验研究
Reducing Polarization on Abortion, Guns and Immigration: An Experimental Study
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论文摘要
我们研究个人愿意与对两极分化政策有相反看法的其他人互动的意愿。有2507名美国人的代表样本有机会听取同胞和妇女对移民，堕胎法和枪支拥有法的看法的录音。我们发现，大多数美国人（超过三分之二）愿意倾听与他们的观点的倾听，因此，一小部分（百分之十）的报告结果改变了他们的观点。我们还测试是否强调与那些不同的思考的人有共同点有助于弥合观点。我们确定了绝大多数人同意的原则：（1）一组基本人权，以及（2）一组简单的行为礼节规则。在有机会聆听不同观点之前，使人们的随机子样本明确地意识到他们具有共同的观点，无论是人权（占样本的三分之一）还是礼节规则（另一个样本的另一三分之一）。我们发现，这些治疗诱导人们相对于对照组的堕胎和移民对中心的看法，从而减少了极化。
We study individuals' willingness to engage with others who hold opposite views on polarizing policies. A representative sample of 2,507 Americans are given the opportunity to listen to recordings of fellow countrymen and women expressing their views on immigration, abortion laws and gun ownership laws. We find that most Americans (more than two-thirds) are willing to listen to a view opposite to theirs, and a fraction (ten percent) reports changing their views as a result. We also test whether emphasizing having common grounds with those who think differently helps bridging views. We identify principles the vast majority of people agree upon: (1) a set of fundamental human rights, and (2) a set of simple behavioral etiquette rules. A random subsample of people are made explicitly aware they share common views, either on human rights (one-third of the sample) or etiquette rules (another one-third of the sample), before they have the opportunity to listen to different views. We find that the treatments induce people to adjust their views towards the center on abortion and immigration, relative to a control group, thus reducing polarization.
