Priming for individual energy efficiency action crowds out support for national climate change policy

Jorie Knook, Zack Dorner and Philip Stahlmann-Brown

Ecological Economics, 2022, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: The uptake of actions to mitigate climate change at the household level might crowd out subsequent policy at the national level, which is problematic because national policy often has a larger mitigation potential than individual household measures. This study analyses crowding out between the uptake of low-cost actions and the support for national climate change policy in the agricultural sector. In the experimental set-up, survey respondents were primed to think about the implementation of low-cost mitigation practices and subsequently asked to express support for national mitigation policy. The results show a crowding-out effect between individual mitigation measures and support for national policy. Individuals with high levels of worry show a stronger crowding out effect. This study contributes to building understanding of when and why crowding out occurs in order to help frame and communicate future climate change policy.

Keywords: Behavioural spillover; Agriculture; Landowner decision making; Crowding out effect; Policy; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107239

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