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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16h

Misogyny is a foundational aspect of many forms of hate — but it’s often overlooked, serving as a type of gendered blind spot. The first episode of "Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age" with @milleridriss.bsky.social explores that blind spot through the issue of antisemitism.

A Long Story Short Media Podcast. Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age with Cynthia Miller-Idriss

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 21h

I would be in favour -- absolutely one of my heroes

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Wolfgang Obergassel @obergassel.bsky.social · 21h

This looks like an excellent analysis of what’s going on in UK #climate politics. It’s truly disheartening, the UK was a lighthouse with its cross-party consensus on climate policy and world-leading institutional setup to enable science-based policy-making. And now it’s falling apart

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

Some thoughts on the strategic logic behind Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that she’d scrap the Climate Change Act (CCA).
It serves two functions:
1️⃣ It appeals to lukewarm pivotal voters in marginal seats sceptical of costly green measures.
2️⃣ It is designed to
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 23h

Maybe also Grossman/Helpman and Rogoff

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

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Hydrocarbon coalitions or electro-state track? India's choices in a new global order

Guest post for Phenomenal World's Polycrisis series

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

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What Do The Public Actually Think About Economic Growth, Technological Change and "Abundance"?

There's an "anti-growth coalition" and a “pro-growth coalition” out there, it’s just not necessarily the people you think it is

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

shouldn't be brushed aside airily; they have to be weighed carefully against the shift in the probability of averting catastrophes that any given policy can achieve. Trade-offs are a fact of life; denying them often leads to myopic, if well-intentioned, choices.

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

when these voters have fairly "extreme" preferences [whether that is actually true w.r.t. to climate I don't know].
2. Nevertheless, I think pursuing climate policy against the voters' preferences is a dangerous game, with potentially deleterious effects on democratic stability. These concerns

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

Your constructive response notwithstanding, let me make two quick points.
1. I didn't defend Badenoch's decision. In fact, normatively, I think it can be problematic that FPTP systems allow small numbers of pivotal voters to exert disproportionate influence on parties' policy platforms, especially

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 1d

Though-provoking essay www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/is-social-...

Is Social Media Destroying Democracy—Or Giving It To Us Good And Hard?

It’s easier to blame the algorithm than the bewildered herd.

www.conspicuouscognition.com

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

analysis of, among others, the CCA and CCC. Scrapping either or both would remove the guardrails just as the UK enters the most treacherous stretch of the road to Net Zero, creating massive political uncertainty.

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed — as we say in the paper. But we wanted to be consistent across our cases

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

See the appendix -- ours is a very restrictive definition, with the objective being to keep the conceptual and empirical analysis clean.

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

analysis of, among others, the CCA and CCC. Scrapping either or both would remove the guardrails just as the UK enters the most treacherous stretch of the road to Net Zero, creating massive political uncertainty.

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

advisory bodies were created to establish the equivalent to the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC), which was established as part of the Climate Change Act. The table below summarises results of our (@claudiazwar.bsky.social and @chflachsland.bsky.social) comparative

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

doesn't mean I agree with her. On the contrary! The UK CCA is an extremely important piece of legislation that has not only served as a robust framework for UK climate policy over the last 15 years or so; it has also engendered institutional diffusion. Quite a few climate osf.io/preprints/so...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

with them, Reform's surge in the polls strengthens these voices in the party. To maintain her precarious hold on power, she has to get them on board. Overall, Badenoch’s stance may allienate many voters, but it might still resonate where it counts — inside the party, and in key marginals. This

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

to capture existing parties (Tea Party & GOP; European Research Group during Brexit). The latest vehicle of populist capture is the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, which has reframed climate as a “green elite vs the people” issue. While Badenoch may or may not agree www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Rise of Anti-Net Zero Populism in the UK: Comparing Rhetorical Strategies for Climate Policy Dismantling

This article explores a backlash against the net zero greenhouse gas emissions target within the UK. It introduces the term “anti-net zero populism” to analyse ideological and opportunistic counter...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

could make electoral sense.
This brings me to the party- or elite-level logic of the announcement. In majoritarian systems, populism tends to emerge within mainstream parties because higher barriers to entry for new parties make it more attractive for populists
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨Global public action (climate!) is most effective when countries do it together yet we're in a period of IO backlash rooted in left-behind places

Does it mean all left-behind regions hate IOs the same?

@patrickbayer.bsky.social & I have a paper accepted @bjpols.bsky.social abt this🧵

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Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics and Backlashagainst International Cooperation by Patrick Bayer and Federica Genovese.

This paper investigates the conditions under which subnational concerns shape public assessments of international climate governance. In line with existing literature, we maintain that costly policy adjustments fuel negative views of international cooperation in policy exposed regions. At the same time, we argue that the more resentful relations are with the national center of politics, the more sympathetic these regions areto international institutions and global governance. Based on geographically targeted survey data from theUnited Kingdom, we find that fossil fuel-intensive regions with strong, institutionalized regional politics have more positive assessments of international climate cooperation than structurally similar regions where regional political institutions are less pronounced. The findings show that regional politics characteristics are key for understanding climate policy beliefs among citizens that bear the brunt of adjustments to international climate agreements

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

to be lower outside London (Bretter & Schulz 2024). For related work, see also the paper by @patrickbayer.bsky.social and @fgenovese.bsky.social (next tweet). If scepticism toward “costly” Net Zero measures clusters in marginal seats, a tougher line on climate
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Public support for decarbonization policies in the UK: exploring regional variations and policy instruments

Decarbonization policies require public support to be implemented and to remain in legislation. Examinations of public support for climate policies tend to focus on a small number of policy instrum...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

pivotal voters in swing/marginal constituencies, not the country as a whole. Nationally, most Britons back climate action. But it’s a genuinely open question what specific policies pivotal voters in marginals support — if any. We do know that support for stringent instruments (taxes, bans) tends

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

placate or, even, boost the relative power of the climate sceptics in the Tory party, especially the Net Zero Scrutiny Group.
In a first-past-the-post system (FPTP), what matters electorally isn’t the national majority view, but where voters sit geographically. Winning requires pandering to

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 2d

Some thoughts on the strategic logic behind Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that she’d scrap the Climate Change Act (CCA).
It serves two functions:
1️⃣ It appeals to lukewarm pivotal voters in marginal seats sceptical of costly green measures.
2️⃣ It is designed to
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and I have a paper entitled “Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism: Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis” cond. accepted at @psrm.bsky.social.

Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...

Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :

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"Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism:
Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis" by Patrick Bayer, Lorenzo Crippa and Federica Genovese

A successful energy transition requires the reallocation of private capital away from fossil fuel assets to greener alternatives. This transition is typically hindered by investors’ focus on today’s returns. In times of crisis, however, credible and unambiguous political signals about the future profitability of green industries can steer investments towards low-carbon assets. Drawing on European Union interventions during the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we present an event study of daily stock market returns following the most salient policy announcements by the European Commission in 2022. Our analysis shows that markets for shares of EU-based energy firms were initially prepared to move capital to cleaner companies, suggesting support for the clean energy transition. However, the short-lived distributional effects materialized only for announcements that could unmistakably be understood as unwavering commitments to the EU’s green renewal, while more ambiguous announcements did not have the same distributional implications. Our findings emphasize that repeated and unambiguous political signals during crisis episodes can create favorable market conditions, at least in the short-term, to support capital reallocation towards greener stocks.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 2d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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