The Influence of Specific Risk Perceptions on Public Policy Support: An Examination of Energy Policy Academic Article

abstract

• A great deal of research has been dedicated to understanding the relationship of public preferences to public policy. Much of this literature, though, does not account for risk perception, an important characteristic that affects individuals preferences. In terms of policy, those who perceive high risk in association with a particular issue should be more likely to oppose policies that would increase that risk, and, conversely, support policies that would decrease this risk. In this article, we examine the role of specific risk perceptions related to nuclear, coal, and renewable sources of energy on related policy preferences. Controlling for the influence of knowledge and several specific attitudinal indicators, we find that risk perceptions are strong predictors of energy policy preferences.

authors

• Liu, Xinsheng
• Vedlitz, Arnold

published proceedings

• ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

altmetric score

• 2.2

author list (cited authors)

• Stoutenborough, J. W., Vedlitz, A., & Liu, X.

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• Stoutenborough, James W||Vedlitz, Arnold||Liu, Xinsheng

publication date

• March 2015

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science  Journal

keywords

• Energy
• Policy
• Risk

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0002716214556472

start page

• 102

end page

• 120

volume

• 658

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716214556472

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• 13 Climate Action
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