Experiment reveals varying sensitivity to casualty types in Taiwan, highlighting partisanship effects.
Casualty is one of the most important factors influencing public support for war in the existing literature. In this paper, we use a hypothetical conflict across the Taiwan Strait to ask the following: (1) Are Taiwanese citizens sensitive to increasing battle deaths? (2) Are they more sensitive to civilian deaths as opposed to military ones? (3) Does partisanship shape how citizens respond to casualty information? We fielded an experiment in Taiwan in 2023. The results provide theoretical contributions to war support literature.
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