Arbeitspapier
Public Attention and Environmental Action: Evidence from Fires in the Amazon
International agreements to reduce anthropogenic environmental disasters rely on public pressure driving local action. We study whether focused media and increased public outcry can drive local environmental action, reducing environmental damage. Although an annual affair, forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon received unprecedented public scrutiny in August 2019. Comparing active fires in Brazil versus those in Peru and Bolivia in a difference-in-differences design, we find that increased public attention reduced fires by 22% avoiding 24.8 million MtCO2 in emissions. Our results highlight the power of public attention to compel local action on pressing environmental issues.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 9897
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Valuation of Environmental Effects
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Entertainment; Media
International Institutional Arrangements
- Subject
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forest fires
media attention
carbon emission
Amazon
climate change
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Araujo, Rafael
Costa, Francisco
Garg, Teevrat
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2022
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Araujo, Rafael
- Costa, Francisco
- Garg, Teevrat
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2022
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