COVID-19 related policies: The role of environmental concern in understanding citizens’ preferences

Escario, José-Julián (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Carla ; Valero-Gil, Jesus (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Casaló, Luis V. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented health and economic crisis worldwide. Many governments of the world have accelerated an adoption of public policies to address this crisis; however, a trade-off between the economy and public health exists. Previous studies in this area have mainly focused on the impact of COVID-19 on human life and the environment. This work adds to the literature by analyzing how individual environmental concern can affect citizens'' preferences for public policies that deal with COVID-19. A data set of 26, 131 participants from 26 countries was used to test the research model. Results indicate that environmental concern is positively associated with a preference for long-term oriented altruistic policies, and it shapes the relationship between economic and health problems at the country level on our dependent variable. Specifically, as the level of environmental concern increases, the negative effect of COVID-19''s economic problems on the preference for long-term altruistic policies is diminished. In turn, in the case of health problems, the impact on the preference for long-term altruistic policies increases as environmental concern increases. Also, both individual-level and country-level characteristics affect citizens'' preferences for policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022 The Authors

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113082

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Environmental Research 211 (2022), 113082 [11 pp.]
ISSN: 0013-9351

Factor impacto JCR: 8.3 (2022)

Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 16 / 207 = 0.077 (2022) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 32 / 275 = 0.116 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 11.0 - Environmental Science (Q1) - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.635 - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Biochemistry (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/S20-20R METODO Research Group
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/LMP175_21
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S42-20R-CREVALOR
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-113338RB-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Organización de Empresas (Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas)
Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)
Área (Departamento): Área Comerci.Investig.Mercados (Dpto. Direc.Mark.Inves.Mercad.)