Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268404 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IWH Discussion Papers No. 2/2023
Publisher: 
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle (Saale)
Abstract: 
This paper studies the role of social connections in shaping individuals' concerns about climate change. I combine granular climate data, region-level social network data and survey responses for 24 European countries in order to document large information spillovers. Individuals become more concerned about climate change when their geographically distant friends living in sociallyconnected regions have experienced large increases in temperatures since 1990. Exploring the heterogeneity of the spillover effects, I uncover that the learning via social networks plays a central role. Further, results illustrate the important role of social values and economic preferences for understanding how information spillovers affect individual concerns.
Subjects: 
beliefs
climate change
information spillovers
social networks
JEL: 
D01
D62
D64
D8
Q5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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