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The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation
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Metadata
- Authors
- Druckman, J. N., & McGrath, M. C.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Druckman, James N.
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2019-01-21
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 111-119
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W2902092972
- Cited by
- 733
- References
- 98
- Citations by year
- 2026: 105 · 2025: 100 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 102 · 2022: 101 · 2021: 103 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 21
- FWCI
- 159.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- motivated reasoning, climate change beliefs, belief updating, Bayesian updating, information credibility, partisanship, belief accuracy, science communication
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