2021
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/6vk9d
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Democracy and Public Opinion Formation: How Illiberal Regimes Suppress Climate Change Concern

Abstract: Climate change concern varies widely across countries. In 2019, 80% of Greeks were at least somewhat worried about climate change, compared to 20% of Egyptians. We argue that variation in climate change concern is partially caused by differences in democracy. Civil liberties protect climate communicators from state repression, censorship, and violence. We offer empirical evidence for the causal effect of democracy on climate change concern using data from 611,909 individuals from 118 countries collected betwee… Show more

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