How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics: evidence from Fukushima and three European countries

We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on environmental concerns, well-being, risk aversion, and political preferences in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. In these countries, overall life satisfaction did not significantly decrease, but the disaster significantly increased environmental conc...

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Volume:	28
Main Author:	Jan Goebel Christian Krekel Tim Tiefenbach Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.10.2015 Springer Berlin Heidelberg SPRINGER
published in:	Journal of population economics Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 1137 - 1180
ORCID:	0000-0003-3562-2371
Data of publication:	20151001
ISSN:	0933-1433 1432-1475
EISSN:	1432-1475
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Population Economics Environmental concerns Demography I31 Fukushima Labor Economics Economics / Management Science Risk aversion Green party I18 Q54 Well-being Nuclear phaseout Social Policy Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Environmental concerns NUCLEAR ACCIDENT ENERGY Fukushima POWER HAPPINESS Risk aversion Green party PERCEPTION POLICY Well-being Nuclear phaseout EXPERIENCE LIFE SATISFACTION UNEMPLOYMENT EXPOSURE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS