Konferenzbeitrag

Risk Perception of Climate Change: Empirical Evidence for Germany

The perception of risks accruing from climate change is a key factor for individual adaptation and prevention behavior, as well as for the willingness to support climate policy measures. Using a generalized ordered logit approach and drawing on a large data set originating from two surveys among more than 6,000 German households, respectively, we analyze the determinants of the perception of the personal risk that is due to heat waves, storms, and floods. We focus on the role of (damage) experience and objective risk measures for these natural hazards, whose frequency is likely to be affected by climate change. In line with the received literature, our results suggest that the personal experience with adverse events, most notably experienced personal damage, is a strong determinant of individual risk perception.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel - Session: Environmental Economics: Consequences and Perceptions ; No. A15-V1

Klassifikation
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

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Simora, Michael
Frondel, Manuel
Sommer, Stephan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(wo)
Kiel und Hamburg
(wann)
2016

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Konferenzbeitrag

Beteiligte

  • Simora, Michael
  • Frondel, Manuel
  • Sommer, Stephan
  • ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Entstanden

  • 2016

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