Arbeitspapier
How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics: Evidence from Fukushima and three European countries
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on environmental concerns, well-being, risk aversion, and political preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but the disaster significantly increased environmental concerns among Germans. One underlying mechanism likely operated through the perceived risk of a similar meltdown of domestic reactors. After Fukushima, more Germans considered themselves as "very risk averse". However, drastic German policy action shut down the oldest reactors, implemented the phaseout of the remaining ones, and proclaimed the transition to renewables. This shift in energy policy contributed to the subsequent decrease in environmental concerns, particularly among women, Green party supporters, and people living in close distance to the oldest reactors. In Germany, political support for the Greens increased significantly, whereas in Switzerland and the UK, this increase was limited to people living close to reactors.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 762
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
General Welfare; Well-Being
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
- Thema
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Fukushima
nuclear phase-out
environmental concerns
well-being
risk aversion
Green party
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Goebel, Jan
Krekel, Christian
Tiefenbach, Tim
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Goebel, Jan
- Krekel, Christian
- Tiefenbach, Tim
- Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2015
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