摘要：We re–examine whether the broad support for repeal of the estate tax is a result
of citizen ignorance. We find that increasing information about the estate tax
or politics in general has very different effects on Republicans and Democrats.
While high– and low–information Republicans support estate tax repeal,
Democratic support is higher among those who know less. However, most highly
informed people in both parties support repeal. We also show that standard
surveys overestimate the extent of misinformation about the estate tax.
Therefore, "ignorance" is not a compelling explanationof why so many people
support estate tax repeal.
