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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.035 |
Do Voters Support Local Commitments for Climate Change Mitigation in Italy? | |
Martelli, Simone1,2; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet2; Paruolo, Paolo2; Brechet, Thierry1,3; Strobl, Eric4,5; Guizzardi, Diego2; Cerutti, Alessandro K.2; Iancu, Andreea2 | |
2018-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 144页码:27-35 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Belgium; Italy; Switzerland |
英文摘要 | There is a growing interest in voluntary programmes for climate change mitigation, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction commitments. This paper gauges evidence on the support of citizens for climate change mitigation programmes at the local level, analysing voting behaviour. A quasi-experimental set-up is offered by the EU Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative, which is the mainstream European movement for local authorities voluntarily committing to meet and exceed the European Union 20% GHG emission reduction target by 2020. The electoral impact of the participation of Italian municipalities to the CoM is estimated, using an instrumental variable (IV) approach. Mayors committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their municipality appear not to lose electoral support at subsequent elections; this is contrary to what would be implied by a simple (biased) ordinary least squares regression. Moreover, IV point estimates are positive, albeit insignificant at standard levels; this could be due to the possibility of some support of citizens for emission reduction commitments. Finally, strong heterogeneity in socio-economic and demographic characteristics is found, with support of the CoM being more pronounced in wealthier and younger cities. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Climate change mitigation Emission reduction Voting Covenant of Mayors |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000418108500003 |
WOS关键词 | ENVIRONMENTALISM ; EMISSIONS ; MATTER |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/16052 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Catholic Univ Louvain, Chair Lhoist Berghmans, CORE, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium; 2.European Commiss, JRC, Ispra, Italy; 3.Catholic Univ Louvain, Louvain Sch Management, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium; 4.Univ Bern, Dept Econ, Bern, Switzerland; 5.Univ Bern, Oeschger Ctr Climate Change Res, Bern, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Martelli, Simone,Janssens-Maenhout, Greet,Paruolo, Paolo,et al. Do Voters Support Local Commitments for Climate Change Mitigation in Italy?[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2018,144:27-35. |
APA | Martelli, Simone.,Janssens-Maenhout, Greet.,Paruolo, Paolo.,Brechet, Thierry.,Strobl, Eric.,...&Iancu, Andreea.(2018).Do Voters Support Local Commitments for Climate Change Mitigation in Italy?.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,144,27-35. |
MLA | Martelli, Simone,et al."Do Voters Support Local Commitments for Climate Change Mitigation in Italy?".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 144(2018):27-35. |
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