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The aim is to understand how citizens' perceptions of costs, benefits, and distribution impact their support for climate policies.

Public support for climate policies: costs, redistribution, and ideological divides

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Experimental studies analyze how costs, benefits, and redistribution affect support for climate policies in Spain, revealing ideological divides.

The aim is to understand how citizens' perceptions of costs, benefits, and distribution impact their support for climate policies.
Two experimental studies conducted in Spain: a vignette experiment with two surveys and a conjoint experiment.
Study 1 assesses cost and benefit framing on policy support.
Study 2 evaluates the joint influence of costs, benefits, and redistributive implications on preferences.
Cost framing significantly reduces support for climate policies, while benefit framing has a modest positive effect.
Citizens favor policies that improve conditions for the poorest individuals, demonstrating a strong preference for redistribution.
Left-wing voters show higher sensitivity to redistributive cues and are generally more supportive of climate policies.

Guinjoan et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Experimental studies analyze how costs, benefits, and redistribution affect support for climate policies in Spain, revealing ideological divides.