Cheap and Clean: How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming. By Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014. 272p. $27.95
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 225-227
ISSN: 1541-0986
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In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 225-227
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: State and Local Government Review, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 190-193
ISSN: 1943-3409
In: State and local government review: a journal of research and viewpoints on state and local government issues, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 190
ISSN: 0160-323X
In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, no. 28, 2016
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In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
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Working paper
pt. 1. The development of U.S. public administration -- pt. 2. Public policy making -- pt. 3. The machinery of government -- pt. 4. Intergovernmental relations -- pt. 5. Ethics -- pt. 6. Organization theory -- pt. 7. Organization behavior -- pt. 8. Managerialism and information technology -- pt. 9. Strategic management -- pt. 10. Leadership -- pt. 11. Personnel management -- pt. 12. Social equity -- pt. 13. Public finance -- pt. 14. Program analysis and evaluation.
In: Weather, climate & society, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 413-424
ISSN: 1948-8335
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Public opinion surveys in the United States have shown a substantial shift in American public views on global warming between 2008 and 2012. During the period between 2008 and 2010, surveys tracked a significant decline in the number of Americans that believed there was evidence that global warming was occurring. Then, during 2011 and 2012, surveys began to show a rebound in belief among Americans that global warming was indeed happening. This study serves to further establish the significant role that weather played in the short-term fluctuations in public opinion regarding global warming that has been observed since 2008. First, the study shows that individuals regularly refer to weather-related factors when explaining how they arrived at their conclusion that the planet is either warming or not warming and that these explanations correspond with broad weather patterns observed over the 2008–12 time frame. The study also finds that actual weather conditions, and specifically seasonal snowfall, shape the process by which individuals arrive at their conclusions regarding the existence of global warming. In particular, snowfall levels during the winters between 2009 and 2012 appear related to an individual's beliefs regarding the existence of global warming, expanding upon previous studies that have shown a link between weather conditions at or near the time of an interview and respondent views regarding the existence of global warming. The study also finds evidence that the effect of weather on perceptions of global warming is modified by factors such as party affiliation and educational attainment.
In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 7, March 2014
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In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 12, June 2014
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In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 4, June 2013
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In: APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
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Working paper
In: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), 'Survey Report: Climate Policy Options', December 2012
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In: Review of policy research, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 358-382
ISSN: 1541-1338
AbstractA vast economics literature embraces taxation of the carbon content of fossil fuels as the superior policy approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, experience around the world suggests that carbon taxes face exceedingly difficult political hurdles. Federal experience in the United States and in Canada confirms this pattern. This article reviews sub‐federal policy development among American states and Canadian provinces, a great many of which have pursued climate policy development. With one major exception, explicit carbon taxation appears to remain a political nonstarter. At the same time, states and provinces have been placing indirect carbon prices on fossil fuel use through a wide range of policies. These tend to strategically alter labeling, avoiding the terms of "tax" and "carbon" in imposing costs. The article offers a framework for considering such strategies and examines common design features, including direct linkage between cost imposition and fund usage to build political support.
In: Review of Policy Research, Forthcoming
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In: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), 'Survey Report: Fracking', Nov. 2011
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