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Nuclear accidents and policy: Notes on public perception
Richter, Felix; Steenbeck, Malte; Wilhelm, Markus - 2013
Major nuclear accidents as recently in Fukushima set nuclear power plant security at the top of the public agenda …. Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel we analyze the effects of the Fukushima accident and a subsequent government … economic costs of the policy. We find that the Fukushima accident increases the probability to report greater worries about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322840
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Nuclear Accidents and Policy: Notes on Public Perception
Richter, Felix; Steenbeck, Malte; Wilhelm, Markus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Major nuclear accidents as recently in Fukushima set nuclear power plant security at the top of the public agenda …. Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel we analyze the effects of the Fukushima accident and a subsequent government … economic costs of the policy. We find that the Fukushima accident increases the probability to report greater worries about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896254
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Natural disaster, policy action, and mental well-being: The case of Fukushima
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - 2013
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental well·being in another industrialized country, more … equalized the increase in mental distress. We estimate that during the 3 months after the meltdown, Fukushima triggered external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325129
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How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics: Evidence from Fukushima and three European countries
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - 2015
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on environmental concerns, well-being, risk aversion, and political … through the perceived risk of a similar meltdown of domestic reactors. After Fukushima, more Germans considered themselves as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282367
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Natural Disaster, Policy Action, and Mental Well-Being: The Case of Fukushima
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental well·being in another industrialized country, more … andequalized the increase in mental distress. We estimate that during the 3 months after the meltdown, Fukushima triggered external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185772
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Quantifizierung lokaler externer Effekte fossiler Kraftwerke: Eine empirische Analyse anhand von Lebenszufriedenheitsdaten
Lütkehaus, Hauke - 2019
In the course of the energy transition, the German Commission on "Growth, Structural Change and Employment" recommended a stepwise phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation until 2038 and a partly substitution by gas-fired power plants. In this context local externalities of various types...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140454
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Measuring renewable energy externalities: Evidence from subjective well-being data
von Möllendorff, Charlotte; Welsch, Heinz - 2015
Electricity from renewable sources avoids disadvantages of conventional power generation but often meets with local resistance due to visual, acoustic, and odor nuisance. We use representative panel data on the subjective well-being of 46,678 individuals in Germany, 1994 - 2012, for identifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314552
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's forecast of their life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335342
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Self-reported satisfaction and the economic crisis of 2007-10: Or how people in the UK and Germany perceive a severe cyclical downturn
Mertens, Antje; Beblo, Miriam - 2013
and living environment. In this paper we ask whether the recent financial market crisis has caused a deterioration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322347
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Life satisfaction and unemployment: The role of voluntariness and job prospects
Hajek, André - 2013
By using longitudinal data the relation between satisfaction with life and unemployment is analyzed in this study. Data used in this publication were made available by the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin. A period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326751