The Effect of Extreme Weather on Voting Behaviour : Evidence from the Record Summers 2018 and 2019 in Germany

This paper investigates how exposure to extreme weather affects public support for climate policies. I use temperature data from the extreme heatwaves during the summers of 2018 and 2019 and examine whether temperature anomalies affected the results of five German state elections held in the autumn...

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Main Author: Hofmann, Lukas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2021
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445780