政治
公共经济学
社会信任
欧洲社会调查
背景(考古学)
政府(语言学)
消费(社会学)
外部性
测量数据收集
经济
民主
政治学
业务
政治经济学
微观经济学
社会学
社会资本
法学
哲学
古生物学
统计
生物
语言学
社会科学
数学
作者
Rocco Caferra,Annarita Colasante,Andrea Morone
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101812
摘要
This paper sheds light on the importance of considering behavioural aspects when forging energy policies. Trust in both institutions and peers improves pro-social behaviour and, as a consequence, leads to more responsible energy consumption. Data collected from the 8th round of the European Social Survey were used to build three indexes by which to measure political trust, social trust, and energy-saving habits. The empirical analysis confirms that social and political trust positively affect people’s propensity to reduce domestic energy consumption. Furthermore, the results emphasize how the social context positively impacts citizens’ pro-active role in reducing negative externalities. An interesting corollary concerns the effect of political trust on pro-social behaviour: it is stronger in socio-democratic countries, and virtually non-existent in liberal ones. Overall, government policies should not be based solely on a taxation/subside approach, but effort should be made to enhance the citizen-to-citizen and citizen-to-state interplay.
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