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We examine how Green governments influence macroeconomic, education, and environmental outcomes. Our empirical strategy exploits that the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan gave rise to an unanticipated change in government in the German state Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2011. The incumbent rightwing...
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preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but …
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that SWB captures the more tangible aspects of the state of the environment rather than latent ecological threats whose …
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robust when using three subjective measures: feeling of well-being, environmental satisfaction and social life satisfaction …) significantly impact individual subjective well-being. Income does not substantially impact the individual subjective perception of … of local characteristics and living environment. The authors' starting point is related to the standard utility theory …
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With reference to the use of material and energy resources, we seek to • underline the need for a marked socio-ecological transition. Business-as-usual will fail in the face of an unprecendented rise in global demand, a rising price level and volatility of raw materials and indications of...
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We provide ex-post empirical analysis of the effects of climate policies on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. Our results are based on a comprehensive database of 121 countries. As climate policies we examine carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS), as well as...
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individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals valuethe environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach …
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