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Abstract: This paper presents an empirical analysis of Italian attitudes towards climate change and climate policies based on a comprehensive survey of 5,637 respondents. The study investigates the potential drivers of public support for various climate policies, including carbon taxes, product bans, and subsidies for green technologies, in light of public resistance observed in other countries. We use ordered probit models to assess support for specific policy types and a multivariate probit model to explore interdependencies among public opinions on taxes, bans, and subsidies. Our findings indicate that attitudes toward climate policy are primarily shaped by a combination of individual characteristics, such as political affiliation, climate change awareness, and personal intentions, and, to a lesser extent, by the respondents’ employment sector. We find that older individuals, those with left-leaning political views, and those with higher climate engagement are consistently more likely to support a broad range of climate policies. Moreover, individuals who deny climate change and those working in hard-to-abate industries exhibit some opposition. The analysis also strongly highlights the importance of social equity, as concern about inequality is positively correlated with support for subsidies, while concerns about impacts on personal wages and wealth appear, in several cases, to reduce support for climate policies. Our multivariate analysis also reveals a high correlation across different policy types of support, suggesting an underlying, unified view in favour (or against) climate action. Similar to Douenne and Fabre (2022), our results highlight the importance of designing policies that are not only economically sound but also address social equity concerns, such as through targeted revenue recycling, to enhance public acceptability and mitigate potential resistance.

Bio: Andrea Rampa is a researcher in environmental economics and policy in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy. His research interests span climate policy, ecological economics, and environmental governance, with a specific focus on the socio-economic impacts of natural disasters and public response to catastrophic risks. His recent work investigates the social acceptance of renewable technologies, as well as individual attitudes toward climate policies and pro-environmental consumption choices.

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