How is political trust associated with economic and environmental policy prioritization? A longitudinal analysis between 2017 and 2022

IF 5.8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI:10.1007/s13280-024-02054-z

Sami Ahonen, Aki Koivula, Jukka Sivonen

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In this article, we examine the longitudinal development of economy-over-environment policy priorities in Finland during a period marked by several significant adverse societal events. In addition, we explore the influence of political trust on these priorities over time. We utilize a five-round panel dataset comprising 2155 observations (N = 431) to examine both within-individual and between-individual variations from late 2017 to early 2023. Our findings reveal a significant increase in the prioritization of the economy in each observation period following the COVID-19 outbreak. However, this trend is not observed among individuals with high levels of political trust. The within-individual analysis indicates that high political trust moderates, rather than causes, higher economy-over-environment prioritization. Our study highlights the significance of political trust as a preventing factor against the deprioritization of environmental policies, particularly when societies confront significant and intersecting adverse events.

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政治信任与经济和环境政策的优先排序有何关联？2017年至2022年的纵向分析。

在这篇文章中，我们研究了芬兰经济优先于环境政策的纵向发展，这一时期发生了几起重大的不利社会事件。此外，我们还探讨了随着时间的推移，政治信任对这些优先事项的影响。我们利用一个包含 2155 个观测值（N = 431）的五轮面板数据集，考察了从 2017 年底到 2023 年初的个体内部和个体之间的变化。我们的研究结果表明，在 COVID-19 疫情爆发后的每个观察期内，经济优先级都有显著提高。然而，在政治信任度高的个体中却没有观察到这一趋势。个体内部分析表明，政治信任度高会调节经济优先于环境的程度，而不是导致经济优先于环境的程度提高。我们的研究强调了政治信任作为防止环境政策优先化因素的重要性，尤其是当社会面临重大且相互交织的不利事件时。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

3.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

6 months

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