Alessandro Del Ponte
Biographic Data
| ID | 1743022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandro Del Ponte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Del Ponte |
| SIGNATURE | DEL PONTE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1677-4030 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Do Voters Understand the Benefits of Taxes?
We use economic experiments to study a fundamental question in political economy: Do voters understand the benefits of taxes? Participants play an economic game as members of a virtual society composed of computer players. In each round, the players earn low or high income, see the distribution of income, and then vote for low or high taxes. We test whether participants vote rationally for high taxes when poor and low taxes when rich, following a…
Decentralized voluntary agreements do not reduce emissions in a climate change experiment
Indirect restrictions demobilize supporters of abortion rights
State governments have created a multitude of indirect restrictions on abortion in the decades since Roe v. Wade . Here we test whether indirect restrictions demobilize abortion supporters relative to direct restrictions. We draw on research from moral psychology showing that people judge indirect offenses as less morally wrong than direct offenses, holding constant the consequences of the offenses. In two experiments, pro‐choice participants ans…
Effect of particulate matter on cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China: An instrumental variable approach
Join or die: How deontological moral intuitions complicate cooperation amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Tackling COVID-19 requires universal collective action: everyone must play their part to reduce the spread of the virus and quell the pandemic. Yet, some people obstinately refuse to cooperate, irrespective of the consequences for themselves and others. In this note, I illustrate a key element of human psychology that hampers cooperation amid the pandemic: deontological moral intuitions. Deontological morality prescribes that moral taboos must be…
Partisanship in times of crisis: Evidence from Italy
There is a continuing debate over the political importance and durability of partisan attachments in European multi-party systems. Drawing on a nationally representative five-wave panel, we provide a longitudinal test of the power of partisanship in Italy over the course of the tumultuous 2013 national elections. We find that a strong partisan affiliation measured as a social identity two years prior to the election promoted system stability by i…
Pay Your Debts: Moral Dilemmas of International Debt
Financial and trade relationships between the Eurozone and China in the age of resilience
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union
Does attachment to a nation enhance or dampen support for the European Union (EU)? Using the 2003 and 2013 ISSP national‐identity modules, we isolate and provide multi‐item measures of two distinct types of national attachment—nationalism and patriotism. We find that they are positively related yet have divergent effects. We validate the measures showing that nationalism increases, and patriotism decreases, support for nationalistic policies (ant…
Altruism and Spite in Politics: How the Mind Makes Welfare Tradeoffs About Political Parties
The influence of foreign elite rhetoric: National identity, emotions, and attitudes toward austerity
How does foreign elite rhetoric affect citizens’ emotions and attitudes about austerity? In a survey experiment conducted on the online blogs of the two major Italian newspapers, participants read a fictional news article where the German Chancellor addressed Italians. Across treatments, I varied whether the message blamed or praised Italians, and whether the message focused on economic or symbolic concerns. Praise generated enthusiasm whereas bl…
Passing It Along: Experiments on Creating the Negative Externalities of Climate Change
Climate change is a global social dilemma. Mitigating it is partly a political problem created by inequitable distributions of the benefits of carbon emissions and the costs of climate change; that is, the people who benefit the most are not the same set of people who pay the most costs. Here we use an experimental economic approach to political science to study these inequities. In two experiments, we show that people willingly create climate pr…
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union
Does attachment to a nation enhance or dampen support for the European Union (EU)? Using the 2003 and 2013 ISSP national‐identity modules, we isolate and provide multi‐item measures of two distinct types of national attachment—nationalism and patriotism. We find that they are positively related yet have divergent effects. We validate the measures showing that nationalism increases, and patriotism decreases, support for nationalistic policies (ant…
Passing It Along: Experiments on Creating the Negative Externalities of Climate Change
Climate change is a global social dilemma. Mitigating it is partly a political problem created by inequitable distributions of the benefits of carbon emissions and the costs of climate change; that is, the people who benefit the most are not the same set of people who pay the most costs. Here we use an experimental economic approach to political science to study these inequities. In two experiments, we show that people willingly create climate pr…
The influence of foreign elite rhetoric: National identity, emotions, and attitudes toward austerity
How does foreign elite rhetoric affect citizens’ emotions and attitudes about austerity? In a survey experiment conducted on the online blogs of the two major Italian newspapers, participants read a fictional news article where the German Chancellor addressed Italians. Across treatments, I varied whether the message blamed or praised Italians, and whether the message focused on economic or symbolic concerns. Praise generated enthusiasm whereas bl…
Partisanship in times of crisis: Evidence from Italy
There is a continuing debate over the political importance and durability of partisan attachments in European multi-party systems. Drawing on a nationally representative five-wave panel, we provide a longitudinal test of the power of partisanship in Italy over the course of the tumultuous 2013 national elections. We find that a strong partisan affiliation measured as a social identity two years prior to the election promoted system stability by i…
Pay Your Debts: Moral Dilemmas of International Debt
Altruism and Spite in Politics: How the Mind Makes Welfare Tradeoffs About Political Parties
Join or die: How deontological moral intuitions complicate cooperation amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Tackling COVID-19 requires universal collective action: everyone must play their part to reduce the spread of the virus and quell the pandemic. Yet, some people obstinately refuse to cooperate, irrespective of the consequences for themselves and others. In this note, I illustrate a key element of human psychology that hampers cooperation amid the pandemic: deontological moral intuitions. Deontological morality prescribes that moral taboos must be…
Passing It Along: Experiments on Creating the Negative Externalities of Climate Change
Climate change is a global social dilemma. Mitigating it is partly a political problem created by inequitable distributions of the benefits of carbon emissions and the costs of climate change; that is, the people who benefit the most are not the same set of people who pay the most costs. Here we use an experimental economic approach to political science to study these inequities. In two experiments, we show that people willingly create climate pr…
Financial and trade relationships between the Eurozone and China in the age of resilience
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union
Does attachment to a nation enhance or dampen support for the European Union (EU)? Using the 2003 and 2013 ISSP national‐identity modules, we isolate and provide multi‐item measures of two distinct types of national attachment—nationalism and patriotism. We find that they are positively related yet have divergent effects. We validate the measures showing that nationalism increases, and patriotism decreases, support for nationalistic policies (ant…
Altruism and Spite in Politics: How the Mind Makes Welfare Tradeoffs About Political Parties
The influence of foreign elite rhetoric: National identity, emotions, and attitudes toward austerity
How does foreign elite rhetoric affect citizens’ emotions and attitudes about austerity? In a survey experiment conducted on the online blogs of the two major Italian newspapers, participants read a fictional news article where the German Chancellor addressed Italians. Across treatments, I varied whether the message blamed or praised Italians, and whether the message focused on economic or symbolic concerns. Praise generated enthusiasm whereas bl…
Pay Your Debts: Moral Dilemmas of International Debt
Join or die: How deontological moral intuitions complicate cooperation amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Tackling COVID-19 requires universal collective action: everyone must play their part to reduce the spread of the virus and quell the pandemic. Yet, some people obstinately refuse to cooperate, irrespective of the consequences for themselves and others. In this note, I illustrate a key element of human psychology that hampers cooperation amid the pandemic: deontological moral intuitions. Deontological morality prescribes that moral taboos must be…
Partisanship in times of crisis: Evidence from Italy
There is a continuing debate over the political importance and durability of partisan attachments in European multi-party systems. Drawing on a nationally representative five-wave panel, we provide a longitudinal test of the power of partisanship in Italy over the course of the tumultuous 2013 national elections. We find that a strong partisan affiliation measured as a social identity two years prior to the election promoted system stability by i…
Effect of particulate matter on cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China: An instrumental variable approach
Decentralized voluntary agreements do not reduce emissions in a climate change experiment
Indirect restrictions demobilize supporters of abortion rights
State governments have created a multitude of indirect restrictions on abortion in the decades since Roe v. Wade . Here we test whether indirect restrictions demobilize abortion supporters relative to direct restrictions. We draw on research from moral psychology showing that people judge indirect offenses as less morally wrong than direct offenses, holding constant the consequences of the offenses. In two experiments, pro‐choice participants ans…
Do Voters Understand the Benefits of Taxes?
We use economic experiments to study a fundamental question in political economy: Do voters understand the benefits of taxes? Participants play an economic game as members of a virtual society composed of computer players. In each round, the players earn low or high income, see the distribution of income, and then vote for low or high taxes. We test whether participants vote rationally for high taxes when poor and low taxes when rich, following a…
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