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Popular Support for Environmental Protection: A Life-Cycle Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2020

Benny Geys Open the ORCID record for Benny Geys [Opens in a new window] ,
Tom-Reiel Heggedal  and
Rune J. Sørensen
Benny Geys*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School BI, Bergen, Norway
Tom-Reiel Heggedal
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School BI, Oslo, Norway
Rune J. Sørensen
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School BI, Oslo, Norway
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: benny.geys@bi.no
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population agingenvironmentage-period-cohort

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , July 2021 , pp. 1348 - 1355
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