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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229835
surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229832
surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247920
surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260006
We suggest a probabilistic voting model where voters' preferences for alternative public goods display habit formation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264268
This paper shows why a majority of legislators may vote for a policy that benefits a firm but harms all legislators. The firm may induce legislators to support the policy by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representative support the policy. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281930
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325896
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378822
We model a society that values the coherence between past policy platforms and current implemented policy, and where policy platforms partially commit candidates to their future actions. If an incumbent politician seeks to be reelected, she has to use her platforms to commit to moderate policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703349
This paper analyses a model of electoral competition with lobbying, where candidates hold private information about their willingness to pander to lobbies, if elected. I show that this uncertainty induces risk-averse voters to choose candidates who implement policies biased in favor of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703380