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Environmental concern: a culture of trust

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we test the hypothesis that participation in cultural associations improves social capital, and more specifically generalized trust, which in turn fosters environmental concern. Using a dataset combining two large cross-national socioeconomic surveys and an instrumental variable mediation approach, we find that a measure of generalized trust fully mediates the relationship between people’s participation in cultural organizations and their environmental concerns. This result suggests that governments can increase citizens' environmental concern – a prerequisite for pro-environmental behaviors – by encouraging their participation in cultural associations.

Source: Rivista italiana di economia, demografia e statistica

DOI: 10.71014/sieds.v79i2.293

Authors: Thomas Bassetti, Filippo Pavesi, Massimo Scotti

Institutions: University of Padua, University Carlo Cattaneo

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Education and Sustainability

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408119082

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