New thinking on climate change policy and endogenous preferences
This seminar will be in hybrid format. It will be livestreamed but not recorded.
In this seminar, I will discuss the recent evidence of preferences being endogenous to policy instruments – covering both preferences over consumption and over policy options. I argue that taking account of all the ways in which consumption preferences are endogenous, there can be large effects for environmental protection. Endogenous preferences over policies tend develop around belief in effectiveness, indicating that policy sequencing also matters at the level of citizens. I conclude that more research into the feasibility of policy options under the constraints of “not-so-good governance” on preferences over policies – lower trust, erosion of civic society – is needed.
Date: 29 May 2025, 14:00
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room G and online via Zoom
Speaker: Linus Mattauch (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Institute for New Economic Thinking
Organisers: Fiona Burbage (INET Oxford, University of Oxford), INET Oxford (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@inet.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Prof Eric Beinhocker (INET Oxford Executive Director), INET Oxford (University of Oxford)
Part of: INET Oxford Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/inet-oxford-seminar-trinity-term-25-w5
Booking email: events@inet.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Fiona Burbage