Malerba, Daniele Never, Babette Fesenfeld, Lukas Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna Kuhn, Sascha
Published in
Environmental Research Letters
Changing consumption patterns from growing middle-classes with consequent rising energy use and emissions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) present key challenges for the energy transition and climate change mitigation. Carbon taxes are an effective policy instrument to counter these developments, yet concerns about low public acceptabili...
Bayer, P Schaffer, L M
Published in
Environmental Research Letters
A carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is a policy that increases the cost of carbon-intensive imports from countries with no or weak national carbon regulation. Proponents advocate that it helps avoid industrial relocation and protects jobs in the importing country; its critics say that it impedes free trade and drives up prices. Despite Euro...
Dumitru, Ionuţ Dumitru, Ionela
Published in
Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence
Using a large microdata database from the European Commission and European Central Bank survey (Survey on Access to Finance of Enterprises), we investigate in this paper what factors are playing a significant role in explaining why companies from European Union are credit constrained, and if the firms from financially stressed countries are more cr...
Baechler, Britta R. De Frond, Hannah Dropkin, Lisa Leonard, George H. Proano, Leonardo Mallos, Nicholas J.
Published in
Frontiers in Marine Science
We conducted a nationally-representative survey of United States (U.S.) adults (n=1,960) in 2021 to gather insights on the knowledge, perceptions, and concerns about threats to the ocean, with a specific focus on plastics and microplastic pollution. Responses from the U.S. adult survey group were compared to a group of highly-engaged, Ocean Conserv...
Kowalski, Dariusz Zając, Adam
The purpose of the article/hypothesis: The purpose of the article is to determine whether, taking into account the current legal framework determining the state role in the economy, it is advisable to support large enterprises in relation to preventing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis will be conducted based on one of the types of...
Harris, Brittany S Howe, Peter D
Published in
Environmental Research Communications
As climate change impacts increase in frequency and magnitude, policies, and actions to promote climate change adaptation are critical to reduce negative consequences to infrastructure and society. Despite the urgency of adaptation, there have been few systematic efforts to understand the dynamics of public support for adaptation efforts at the loc...
François, Martin Maréchal, Kevin
Can a radical and innovative policy idea such as a maximum income become a real alternative? Despite increased public awareness of the unprecedented ecological crises and the urgent need to transform our current ways of regulating economic activities, few eco-social policies with true transformative potentials have been introduced. Recent surveys h...
De Wit, John B. F. de Ridder, Denise T. D. van den Boom, Wijnand Kroese, Floor M. van den Putte, Bas Stok, F. Marijn Leurs, Mariken de Bruin, Marijn
Published in
Frontiers in Public Health
Background COVID-19 mitigation measures intend to protect public health, but their adverse psychological, social, and economic effects weaken public support. Less favorable trade-offs may especially weaken support for more restrictive measures. Support for mitigation measures may also differ between population subgroups who experience different ben...
Boadu, Paul McLaughlin, Leah Al-Haboubi, Mustafa Bostock, Jennifer Noyes, Jane O'Neill, Stephen Mays, Nicholas
Published in
Frontiers in Public Health
Background Living kidney organ donors offer a cost-effective alternative to deceased organ donation. They enable patients with life-threatening conditions to receive grafts that would otherwise not be available, thereby creating space for other patients waiting for organs and contributing to reducing overall waiting times for organs. There is an em...
Krsnik, Sabina Erjavec, Karmen Klopčič, Marija
In order to raise citizens’ awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to develop an effective communication campaign on the SDGs, it is crucial to know citizens’ values, their awareness and knowledge of the SDGs, as well as how they receive information on sustainability. As no previous study has addressed this issue, this study aime...
