Hernandez Carballo, I., Sisco, M.R. Examining the effects of gasoline prices on public support for climate policies. Nat Energy 9, 219–227 (2024)

Objective:

• Understand whether and how energy price impact individuals’ support for climate policies

Case:

• US and Italy

Methodology:

• Fixed effects Regression
  • Robust: exclude COVID, different income bracket

Data Source

• Policy support: survey
• Gallup Poll Social Series survey
• Yale’s Climate Change in the American Mind dataset
• Gasoline price: Energy Information Administration
• GDP: US bureau of labor statistics

Findings:

• Gasoline prices is negatively correlated with the support for phasing out gasoline and diesel vehicles

• Individuals in the middle-income bracket are less likely to support phasing out gasoline and diesel cars related to low-income group (45000)
• People are less likely to agree that protection of the environment should be given priority at the risk of curbing economic growth as gasoline prices increases

Coding Reference:

• Upon request