Climate protection in Germany: Party cues in a multi-party system

Valentina Stöhr ()
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Valentina Stöhr: TUMCS for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich

Munich Papers in Political Economy from Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich

Abstract: This paper provides insight into the impact of party cues on the public’s desire for climate protection during the COVID-19 crisis. In particular, the effects of cues from one or multiple parties as well as the mechanisms behind these effects are analyzed. Utilizing the case of Germany’s multi-party system, two online survey experiments with a representative sample of the German voting population are conducted. Despite finding rather small effect sizes overall, results show that a party statement in favor of more climate protection is effective in changing participants’ opinions towards the same direction. People appear to be even more impressionable when they receive unexpected cues or are lead to believe that all parties work together to fight climate change. Finally, respondents that do not care about or oppose climate protection are more easily persuaded. Thus, these results could be employed to shape the way politicians and parties in multi-party systems convey the need for more ambitious climate policies.

Keywords: Climate Change; Party Cues; Multi-party System; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D91 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64 pages
Date: 2022-08
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