@article {301676,
	title = {"Do Something" Politics and Double-Peaked Policy Preferences},
	journal = {The Journal of Politics},
	volume = {76},
	number = {2},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {333-349},
	abstract = {When a public problem is perceived to be poorly addressed by current policy, it is often the case that credible alternative policies are proposed to both the status quo{\textquoteright}s left and right. Specially designed national surveys show that in circumstances like these, many Americans{\textquoteright} preferences are not single-peaked on the standard left-right dimension. Rather, they simply want the government to {\textquotedblleft}do something{\textquotedblright} about the problem and therefore prefer both liberal and conservative policies to the moderate status quo. This produces individual and collective preferences that are double-peaked with respect to the left-right dimension. Double-peakedness is less prevalent on issues where no consensus exists regarding policy goals, and it increases when exogenous events raise the public{\textquoteright}s concern about the seriousness of a policy problem.},
	url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online\&aid=9209088\&fileId=S0022381613001527},
	author = {Egan, Patrick}
}
