Between fearmongers and Samaritans: Does information provision affect attitudes towards the right of asylum in Germany?

We utilise data from a self-designed survey that includes information experiments to elicit the German public's attitude towards right of asylum. The was carried out in 2018. randomly assign 2048 interviewees different groups and ‘treat’ each group with about asylum seekers came Germany 2015 2016. Treatments involve (i) total number seekers, (ii) fiscal costs (iii) potential long-term benefits associated accepting refugees, (iv) share Muslim (v) war refugees. Providing and, lesser extent, significantly increases likelihood opposing These effects are more pronounced for middle-income earners, respondents low level education female respondents. Deviations people's beliefs actual numbers can affect their attitudes: Respondents who underestimated refugees likely call abolishing