Individualism and collective responses to climate change

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Land Economics Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.3368/le.100.2.121422-0103r1

Trung V. Vu

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Abstract

This article establishes empirically that a persistent culture of “rugged individualism”, captured by exposure to the American westward-moving frontier from 1790 to 1890, undermines pro-climate perceptions, environmental performance, and climate change preparedness across counties in the United States. It also demonstrates that individualism is associated with environmental underperformance at the state level, making it more difficult to mitigate the far-reaching consequences of changing climate conditions. To establish external validity of the subnational evidence, I employ a global sample of up to 97 countries and provide suggestive evidence that individualism creates barriers to climate change responses worldwide.

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个人主义与集体应对气候变化

摘要:本文从经验上证明，在1790年至1890年期间，美国西部拓荒地区持续存在的“粗犷个人主义”文化破坏了美国各县的亲气候观念、环境绩效和气候变化准备。它还表明，个人主义与国家层面的环境表现不佳有关，这使得减轻气候条件变化的深远影响变得更加困难。为了建立次国家证据的外部有效性，我采用了多达97个国家的全球样本，并提供了暗示性的证据，表明个人主义对全球气候变化应对造成了障碍。

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Land Economics Multiple-

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2.60

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