What shapes public support for climate change mitigation policies? The role of descriptive social norms and elite cues
What shapes public support for climate change mitigation policies? The role of descriptive social norms and elite cues
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10.1017/bpp.2020.43
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2020-11
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Adrian Rinscheid;S. Pianta;E. Weber
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作者：
Adrian Rinscheid;S. Pianta;E. Weber
自下而上和自上而下的信号在气候变化政策偏好形成中的作用是什么？使用一个大样本的美国居民（n = 1520），并结合两个选择实验的描述性社会规范的实验操作，我们调查的描述性规范和政策背书的关键政治行为者对气候政策的支持。我们在两个领域研究这些问题，这两个领域被认为是许多脱碳途径的核心：逐步淘汰化石燃料驱动的汽车和碳捕获和储存的部署。我们的研究提供了两个重要的结果。首先，社会规范干预可能不是增加公民对雄心勃勃的气候政策支持的银弹。事实上，我们不仅发现，气候政策的支持是不受规范的信息通信的亲环境行为的扩散增加，但也规范的信息通信的非可持续行为的流行减少政策支持。第二，在政党的政策支持下，公民对政党的信任影响他们对气候政策的支持。本研究通过考察描述性规范和精英线索对气候政策支持的影响，为行为气候政策研究做出了贡献。
Abstract What are the roles of bottom-up and top-down signals in the formation of climate change policy preferences? Using a large sample of American residents (n = 1520) and combining an experimental manipulation of descriptive social norms with two choice experiments, we investigate the effects of descriptive norms and policy endorsements by key political actors on climate policy support. We study these questions in two areas considered to be central in a number of decarbonization pathways: the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars and the deployment of carbon capture and storage. Our study provides two important results. First, social norm interventions may be no silver bullet for increasing citizens’ support for ambitious climate policies. In fact, we not only find that climate policy support is unaffected by norm messages communicating an increased diffusion of pro-environmental behaviors, but also that norm messages communicating the prevalence of non-sustainable behaviors decrease policy support. Second, in the presence of policy endorsements by political parties, citizens’ trust in these parties influences their support for climate policies. This study contributes to research in behavioral climate policy by examining the impact of descriptive norms and elite cues on climate policy support.