Arbeitspapier
Risk perception of climate change: Empirical evidence for Germany
The perception of risks associated with climate change appears to be a key factor for the support of climate policy measures. Using a generalized ordered logit approach and drawing on a unique data set originating from two surveys conducted in 2012 and 2014, each among more than 6,000 German households, we analyze the determinants of individual risk perception associated with three kinds of natural hazards: heat waves, storms, and floods. Our focus is on the role of objective risk measures and experience with these natural hazards, whose frequency is likely to be affected by climate change. In line with the received literature, the results suggest that personal experience with adverse events and personal damage therefrom are strong drivers of individual risk perception.
- ISBN
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978-3-86788-784-7
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 676
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
- Thema
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Damage experience
natural hazards
generalized ordered logit
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Frondel, Manuel
Simora, Michael
Sommer, Stephan
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Veröffentlichung
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RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
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Essen
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2017
- DOI
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doi:10.4419/86788784
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Frondel, Manuel
- Simora, Michael
- Sommer, Stephan
- RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Entstanden
- 2017