 Does an Imaginary Trip to the Future Increase the Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation?Botao Qin,
Nan Zhang () and
Yaru Wang
Chapter Chapter 8 in Energy Transitions and Climate Change Issues in Asia, 2024, pp 205-219 from Springer Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we study whether and how the imaginary trip to the future (ITF) as a mechanism will affect people’s attitudes toward future generations. In a preregistered lab experiment, we ask subjects to take an imaginary trip to 2060 and spend 10 min writing a short essay about their experiences. After that, subjects return to the present and are asked to donate to a climate change mitigation initiative. We also measured subjects’ discount rates using a multiple-price list. We recruited 203 subjects and found no treatment effect on average donation. The discount rate is negatively related to the education level and positively related to belief in climate change. We found subjects with higher discount rates and income donate more than others. Subjects’ climate attitude also affects their donations. Keywords: Imaginary trip to the future; Climate change; Future design; Discount rate; Climate attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-97-1773-6_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1773-6_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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