Zero-Sum Views and Support for Redistribution Across Borders
This paper provides causal evidence on how zero-sum framing affects support for global redistribution and economic openness. In a preregistered survey experiment with a large UK sample, we show that a zero-sum prime about general social and economic interactions, without reference to redistribution, reduces revealed support for international redistribution by lowering the probability of donating to an international anti-poverty NGO. Effects on stated support for global redistribution, globalization, and migration are directionally similar but not distinguishable from zero.