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COVID-19 related policies: The role of environmental concern in understanding citizens’ preferences
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Abstract COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented health and economic crisis worldwide. Many governments of the world have accelerated an adoption of public policies to address this crisis; however, a trade-off between the economy and public health exists. Previous studies in this area have mainly focused on the... view more
COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented health and economic crisis worldwide. Many governments of the world have accelerated an adoption of public policies to address this crisis; however, a trade-off between the economy and public health exists. Previous studies in this area have mainly focused on the impact of COVID-19 on human life and the environment. This work adds to the literature by analyzing how individual environmental concern can affect citizens' preferences for public policies that deal with COVID-19. A data set of 26,131 participants from 26 countries was used to test the research model. Results indicate that environmental concern is positively associated with a preference for long-term oriented altruistic policies, and it shapes the relationship between economic and health problems at the country level on our dependent variable. Specifically, as the level of environmental concern increases, the negative effect of COVID-19's economic problems on the preference for long-term altruistic policies is diminished. In turn, in the case of health problems, the impact on the preference for long-term altruistic policies increases as environmental concern increases. Also, both individual-level and country-level characteristics affect citizens' preferences for policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic.... view less
Keywords
contagious disease; epidemic; Eurobarometer; health consequences; Great Depression; measure; environment; directive
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
Corona; COVID-19; Corona-Virus; Eurobarometer 93.1 (2020) (ZA7649 v1.2.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-11
Journal
Environmental Research (2022) 211
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113082
ISSN
1096-0953
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed