TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hersch,Joni
AU  - Viscusi,W. Kip
TI  - The Generational Divide in Support for Environmental Policies: European Evidence
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11859
PY  - 2005
Y2  - December 2005
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11859
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11859.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Joni Hersch
Vanderbilt Law School
131 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181
E-Mail: joni.hersch@vanderbilt.edu

W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School
131 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181
Tel: 615/343-7715
E-Mail: kip.viscusi@vanderbilt.edu
AB  - This article examines age variations in support for environmental protection policies that affect climate change using a sample of over 14,000 respondents to a 1999 Eurobarometer survey. There is a steady decline with age in whether respondents are willing to incur higher gasoline prices to protect the environment. This relationship remains after controlling for socioeconomic characteristics. There are age-related differences in information about environmental risks, information sources about the environment, perceived health risks from climate change, and degree of worry about climate change. However, taking these factors into account does not eliminate the age variation in willingness to pay more for gasoline to protect the environment.
ER  -