This study reveals how industry-specific interests and internalized social norms influence support for international climate cooperation.
New Approach
We develop novel measures combining employment sector data with objective pollution metrics to assess individual-level political preferences regarding global environmental policy. Our methodology integrates quasi-behavioral indicators of social norms alongside traditional correlational analysis.
Key Findings
• Individuals in pollutive industries show significantly lower support for climate cooperation (7 percentage points less likely than those in cleaner sectors)
• Reciprocal and altruistic individuals demonstrate higher levels of climate policy support (~10 percentage points more supportive)
• These findings indicate that economic interests interact with social norms to shape individual attitudes toward global environmental governance
Methodological Approach
We analyze these effects through a mixed-methods design combining quantitative correlational data with conjoint experimental methods.
| Interests, Norms, and Support for the Provision of Global Public Goods: The Case of Climate Cooperation was authored by Federica Genovese, Michael M. Bechtel and Kenneth F. Scheve. It was published by Cambridge in BJPS in 2019. |
