Follow up: Public Perceptions and Engagement in Adaptation Actions to Extreme Climatic Events in Emilia Romagna and Tuscany

Last registered on December 20, 2024

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Follow up: Public Perceptions and Engagement in Adaptation Actions to Extreme Climatic Events in Emilia Romagna and Tuscany
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014991
Initial registration date
December 20, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
December 20, 2024, 11:34 AM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation
University of Bologna

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
University of Bologna
PI Affiliation
University of Bologna
PI Affiliation
University of Bologna
PI Affiliation
University of Bologna

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-12-19
End date
2025-01-09
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial is based on or builds upon one or more prior RCTs.
Abstract
This is a follow-up survey of the study experiment conducted in July 2024. The goal of the project is to study the impact of the floods that heavily hit Emilia Romagna and Tuscany in 2023 and 2024, and the preparedness to extreme climatic events. We designed an original survey instrument to assess whether being exposed to information about the dangers of flood events impacts individuals' support for measures of climate change mitigation.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Binelli, Chiara et al. 2024. "Follow up: Public Perceptions and Engagement in Adaptation Actions to Extreme Climatic Events in Emilia Romagna and Tuscany." AEA RCT Registry. December 20. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14991-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We use an information treatment where we show the treatment group a video with information on the dangers of flood events and their consequences, while we provide no information to the control group. The goal of the experiment is to understand how being exposed to the information treatment impacts aspects such as preparedness and willingness to pay for measures of climate change mitigation.
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2024-12-19
Intervention End Date
2025-01-09

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
• Perceived probability of being impacted in the next 5 years by floods in the three areas of work, health, and decision to move house
• Worries and concern about climate change
• Perceived probability that, in the next five years, in one’s municipality of residence local and national policies and interventions to cope with the effects produced by extreme weather events will be implemented
• Opinions about climate change mitigation policies and actions
• Individuals’ climate change mitigation efforts: current adoption and future intention
• Voting behavior, past and future
• Ideal number of children, both at the societal and at the personal level
• Willingness to pay for climate change mitigation measures
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
One treatment and one control group
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a software
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
750 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
750 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

roughly half of the sample in the control group, and the other half treated. So, around 375 in each group.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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