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  Exposure to international trade lowers green voting and worsens environmental attitudes

Bez, C. S., Bosetti, V., Colantone, I., Zanardi, M. (2023): Exposure to international trade lowers green voting and worsens environmental attitudes. - Nature Climate Change, 13, 1131-1135.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01789-z

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Bez, Charlotte Sophia1, Author              
Bosetti, Valentina2, Author
Colantone, Italo2, Author
Zanardi, Maurizio2, Author
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1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, ou_persistent13              
2External Organizations, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Economics, Interdisciplinary studies, Politics
 Abstract: From a political perspective, advancing green agendas in democracies requires obtaining electoral support for parties and candidates proposing green platforms. It is therefore crucial to understand the factors driving green voting and attitudes. Yet, limited research has explored the role of economic determinants in this context. In this study we show that globalization, through the distributional consequences of import competition, is an important determinant of support for parties proposing green platforms. Our analysis covers the United States and 15 countries of Western Europe, over the period 2000–2019, with trade exposure measured at the level of subnational geographic areas. We find that higher trade exposure leads to lower support for more environmentalist parties and to more sceptical attitudes about climate change. Our empirical findings are in line with the theoretical channel of deprioritization of environmental concerns, as trade-induced economic distress raises the salience of economic issues.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023-08-022023-09-142023-10
 Publication Status: Finally published
 Pages: 9
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 Table of Contents: -
 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01789-z
PIKDOMAIN: FutureLab - Ceres
Organisational keyword: FutureLab - Ceres
Research topic keyword: Climate Policy
Research topic keyword: Economics
Research topic keyword: Inequality and Equity
Regional keyword: North America
Regional keyword: Europe
Model / method: Quantitative Methods
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Title: Nature Climate Change
Source Genre: Journal, SCI, Scopus, p3
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Pages: 9 Volume / Issue: 13 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1131 - 1135 Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/140414
Publisher: Nature