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Venue Preference and Earthquake Mitigation Policy: Expanding the Micro‐Model of Policy Choice

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  • Junghwa Choi
  • Wesley Wehde

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Seismologists have reported that a majority of recent earthquakes in Oklahoma have been triggered by the activities of oil and gas companies. Despite this fact, there is evidence of strong opposition toward earthquake mitigation policy. In this article, we argue that how individuals define issues affect their policy choice. Furthermore, we incorporate the concept of venue shopping from the literature on macro theories of the policy process to investigate the effect of problem definition in shaping individual venue preference for policy choice. Using unique survey data, we find that problem definition, particularly issue causality and issue image, is strongly related to individual support for earthquake mitigation policy. However, a more nuanced relationship between individual problem definition and venue preference is observed. Our findings contribute to scholarly endeavors to understand the politics of problem definition at an individual level, which may be the precursor of understanding policy choices at the institutional level. 场地偏好和防震减灾政策:扩大政策选择的微观模式 地震学家表示,近期发生在俄克拉荷马州的大多数地震都由石油天然气公司的开采活动引起。除此之外,证据表明,防震减灾政策受到强烈反对。笔者在本文中主张,个人对问题的定义方式会影响其政策选择。此外,笔者将政策过程宏观理论文献中的场地竞争(venue shopping)概念纳入研究,以考察问题定义如何影响个人就政策选择所形成的场地偏好。通过使用独特调查数据,笔者发现,问题定义与个人对防震减灾政策的支持强烈相关,尤其当问题定义与问题的因果关系和形象相关时。然而,笔者发现,个人对问题的定义和对场地的偏好,二者之间存在更微妙的关系。本文从个人层面理解问题定义的相关政治,进而促进了学术贡献,这可能成为从制度层面理解政策选择的第一步。 Preferencia de la sede y política de mitigación de terremotos: expandiendo el micro‐modelo de elección de políticas los sismólogos han informado que la mayoría de los terremotos recientes en Oklahoma se han desencadenado por actividades de compañías de petróleo y gas. A pesar de este hecho, ha habido evidencia de una fuerte oposición a la política de mitigación de terremotos. En este artículo, argumentamos que la forma en que los individuos definen los problemas afecta su elección de política. Además, incorporamos el concepto de compras en el lugar de la literatura sobre macro teorías del proceso de políticas para investigar el efecto de la definición del problema en la configuración de la preferencia del lugar individual para la elección de políticas. Usando datos de encuestas únicos, encontramos que la definición del problema, particularmente la causalidad del problema y la imagen del problema, está fuertemente relacionada con el apoyo individual para la política de mitigación de terremotos. Sin embargo, se observa una relación más matizada entre la definición del problema individual y la preferencia del lugar. Nuestros hallazgos contribuyen a los esfuerzos académicos para comprender las políticas de definición de problemas a nivel individual, lo que puede ser el precursor de la comprensión de las opciones de políticas a nivel institucional.

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  • Junghwa Choi & Wesley Wehde, 2019. "Venue Preference and Earthquake Mitigation Policy: Expanding the Micro‐Model of Policy Choice," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 36(5), pages 683-701, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:36:y:2019:i:5:p:683-701
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12354
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    1. Romit Maulik & Junghwa Choi & Wesley Wehde & Prasanna Balaprakash, 2020. "Determining feature importance for actionable climate change mitigation policies," Papers 2003.10234, arXiv.org.
    2. Matthew C. Nowlin, 2022. "Who should “do more” about climate change? Cultural theory, polycentricity, and public support for climate change actions across actors and governments," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 39(4), pages 468-485, July.
    3. Wesley Wehde & Matthew C Nowlin, 2021. "Public Attribution of Responsibility for Disaster Preparedness across Three Levels of Government and the Public: Lessons from a Survey of Residents of the U.S. South Atlantic and Gulf Coast," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 51(2), pages 212-237.

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