Public support for more ambitious climate policies

Sebastian Goerg, Andreas Pondorfer and Valentina Stöhr
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Andreas Pondorfer: TUMCS for Biotechnology and Sustainability, TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich
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: To reach the goals of the Paris agreement more ambitious climate policies will need to beimplemented. In an experimental survey that is representative for the population at thesub-national level in Germany (N=15,000), we investigate how a change from existing climate policies to more ambitious policies drives public support. Using different descriptions of policies, we demonstrate that in general, more ambitious policies reduce public support.This effect is stronger if the focus is on an increase of carbon prices compared to a focuson a policy mix to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Economic preferences (i.e.,reciprocity, trust, risk and patience) and other individual characteristics (e.g., experience of recent hazards, belief in climate change) as well as regional characteristics (i.e., Eastern Germany, macro-economic indicators, cohesion policies, and climate change) are substantially correlated with public support. This demonstrates challenges for the communication of tighter climate policies and underlines the need to address an audience with heterogeneous preferences and diverse regional backgrounds.

JEL-codes: C99 Q01 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 97 pages
Date: 2023-10
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