Results Millennials are more likely to believe in the evidence of climate change and its anthropogenic causes than older adults of their same party affiliation. Unlike older adults, the most educated Millennials are not the most likely to adhere to political party stance; rather, it is among the...
we use Di Giuli and Kostovetsky (2014) as a reference point for firm characteristics and political affiliation. For county-level income and population, we rely on the findings of Kassinis and Vafeas (2006). With respect to social capital and religiosity, the expected signs are consistent ...
There is not only a global pause, but a local one in a place that I know well: Austin, Texas. I have compiled the National Weather Service’s monthly records for Austin, which go back to the 1890s. More to the point here, I have also compiled daily weather records since October 1,...
The United States recently passed major federal laws supporting the energy transition. Analyses suggest that their successful implementation could reduce US emissions more than 40% below 2005 levels by 2030. However, achieving maximal emissions reductions would require frictionless supply and demand response...
This study, conducted by Sonoma State University’s Laura Naumann, with Simine Vazire then of Washington University, teamed with University of Cambridge’s Peter Rentfrow, and Samuel Gosling of University of Texas, also investigated volunteers’ accuracy in judging Big Five personality traits (Openness...
As the latest historic hurricane event pummels the Southeast, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who routinely calls Climate Change a hoax, promises to “drill baby drill” and pulled the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and Republican governors in Florida, Texas, South Carolina...
As political gambles go, it's a big and risky one: $50 million to test the proposition that the Democratic Party's outreach to new voters that helped make Barack Obama president can work in an election where his name is not on the ballot... ...
(2012, pp. 142–143) has argued that political groups aligned with the party out of power have strong incentives to innovate technologically, tactically, and strategically. As one of Karpf’s respondents put it, “Storming the castle ismuchmore fun” (2012, p. 142). If this explanation ...
begun to shift as there is growing recognition that addressing climate change will require investing in transformative social, institutional, financial, and political changes (Overland and Sovacool2020). Still, data on research grants and funding shows that higher education continues to emphasize natural...