### The Big Question

Why do voters agree to bear the costs of bailing out other countries? Despite public opinion's prominence in eurozone bailout debates, voter preferences remained unclear.

### Our Clues

We analyzed survey data from Germany—the country with the largest share of EU financial rescue fund responsibility.

### What We Found

Individuals' economic standing didn't strongly predict their stance on bailouts. Instead, social dispositions like altruism and cosmopolitanism robustly correlated with support for them.

### The Implication

The divide reflects foreign policy tensions—not domestic winners/losers dynamics—suggesting the bailout debate is fundamentally about international concerns versus national interests.