The road to acceptance: Attitude change before and after the implementation of a congestion tax
| Autor: | Geertje Schuitema, Cecilia Jakobsson Bergstad, Andreas Nilsson, Maria Thorson, Johan Martinsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
Social Psychology 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Congestion pricing Variable (computer science) 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attitude change Environmental policy Psychology Value (mathematics) Social psychology Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Psychology. 46:1-9 |
| ISSN: | 0272-4944 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.01.011 |
| Popis: | Attitudes and beliefs concerning a congestion tax in Gothenburg, Sweden, were investigated in a three-wave panel with 4738 respondents, twice before and once after the implementation. Attitudes were more positive after the implementation. Perceived environmental outcomes and value expressive beliefs were most strongly related to attitudes toward the tax. Respondents' perceived the system as easier to use and experienced less negative outcomes after the implementation compared to the expectations before. The most important variable in explaining the change in attitudes (before the implementation) was value expressive beliefs. The results indicate that the most strongly related beliefs both for explaining attitudes and the change in attitudes after the implementation are abstract in nature. The attitudes are grounded in emotional and value-related motives, rather than the more specific expected outcomes of the scheme. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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