Neutral and negative effects of policy bundling on support for decarbonization

Decarbonization policies are frequently combined with other policies to increase public support or address related societal issues. To investigate the consequences of policy bundling, we conducted a survey experiment with 2,521 U.S. adults. We examined the effects of bundling decarbonization with po...

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Published in:Climatic change 2024-04, Vol.177 (4), p.61-61, Article 61
Main Authors: Marshall, Renae, Anderson, Sarah E., Van Boven, Leaf, Al-Shawaf, Laith, Burgess, Matthew G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Atmospheric Sciences
Bipartisanship
Bundling
Climate change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Climate policy
Conservatism
Decarbonization
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Economics
Energy transition
Environmental regulations
Hypotheses
Ideology
Infrastructure
issues and policy
Liberalism
Polarization
Policies
Polls & surveys
Public opinion
Regulation
Regulations
risk
Social justice
Social policy
surveys
Voters
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Summary:Decarbonization policies are frequently combined with other policies to increase public support or address related societal issues. To investigate the consequences of policy bundling, we conducted a survey experiment with 2,521 U.S. adults. We examined the effects of bundling decarbonization with policies favored by liberals (social justice and economic redistribution), broad bipartisan coalitions (infrastructure), and conservatives (pausing EPA regulations) on public support and polarization. Bundling with pausing EPA regulations decreased support and polarization by reducing liberal support without significantly increasing conservative support. Bundling with social justice decreased support while increasing polarization by reducing conservative support without significantly increasing liberal support. Bundling with economic redistribution and infrastructure did not significantly change support or polarization. Policy bundling thus risks decreasing public support for decarbonization policies by alienating one ideological side of the electorate without gaining support from the other side. This risk exists even when policy bundling reduces polarization.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/s10584-024-03720-7