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Alexander F. Gazmararian
@agazmararian.bsky.social
Social scientist studying political economy, behavior, and climate change. New book: https://www.alexgaz.org/climate-fault-lines.html Prof @ University of Michigan Research: www.alexgaz.org
Great to see two articles on climate change in the latest Annual Review of Political Science www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
New paper: What did the IRA do to clean energy? And what does OBBBA change? Here's what 3 years of data and 11 models say: - $729B in clean energy investment (+92%) - Battery manufacturing up 8x - Solar investment up 87% - Wind investment DOWN 42% - ZEV purchases: $252B (+173%)
Will the world wake up to global warming as people feel its effects? We argue that the answer depends on individual self-interest. We find that political responses to climate change are polarizing along lines of who is most vulnerable. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I joined DOE to help pass the IRA and later worked at Rewiring America helping implement it. Listened to this with interest and trepidation. 🧵
Alexander F. Gazmararian@agazmararian.bsky.social · 5mo agoHad a great time talking with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social about why the IRA had limited political returns -- and the future of US climate policymaking heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Had a great time talking with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social about why the IRA had limited political returns -- and the future of US climate policymaking heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
A New Theory About Why Biden’s Big Climate Law Failed
Rob looks back on the political theory behind the Inflation Reduction Act with the University of Michigan’s Alexander Gazmarian.
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NEW SHIFT KEY Why didn’t the Inflation Reduction Act survive? I spoke to @agazmararian.bsky.social, the coauthor of a buzzy new paper on the subject, about why the law failed to create a coalition to protect it — and what that means for future US climate policy. heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
A New Theory About Why Biden’s Big Climate Law Failed
Rob looks back on the political theory behind the Inflation Reduction Act with the University of Michigan’s Alexander Gazmarian.
heatmap.news
Nice coverage of our study from Scott Waldman -- on why Biden got limited credit as clean energy boomed www.eenews.net/articles/stu...
Study examines why Biden failed to get credit for IRA
Voters were confused about where the money came from.
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@agazmararian.bsky.social: Federal leadership can be lost in the "fog of messaging." Gazmararian et al find Biden-Era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns: Voters overwhelmingly attributed new clean energy projects to their governors. news.umich.edu/voters-credi...
Voters credit governors—not Biden White House—for clean energy projects
The Biden administration's historic multibillion-dollar investment in clean energy and manufacturing transformed local economies across the United States—but it does not translate into political credi...
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The Biden administration did a lot of good things that did not generate political gain. This paper argues that "voters need to be able to trace them back to the responsible political actors" made harder by federalism and the role of private actors in delivery www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The Biden Admin directed hundreds of billions to clean energy/manufacturing. Did these investments shift public opinion? We find that these projects are visible but not traceable: People notice nearby investments, but connect them to Governors, not Biden. Thread 👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New review article on the political economy of the clean energy transition: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Excited to start my grad & undergrad classes on the political economy of climate politics this semester 🌍 For the undergrads, I’ve added new simulations — including a day playing Catan: New Energies! Happy to share syllabi with anyone designing or updating courses.
Excited to share that I’ve joined the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor of Political Science! I’ll continue to study the political economy of climate change, and I’m so grateful to the mentors, colleagues, friends, and family who helped me along the way. Go Blue!
Excited to share my new article in Political Behavior! If people cared more about the future, would they support policies to address long-term issues like climate change? tldr: Life experiences shape future-orientation and climate policy support. Open-access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Valuing the Future: Changing Time Horizons and Policy Preferences - Political Behavior
The short time horizons of citizens are a prominent explanation for why governments fail to tackle significant long-term public policy problems. Evidence for the influence of time horizons is mixed, c...
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Excited to announce a new funding opportunity for research on "what works" in climate adaptation. We are specifically looking for strong causal designs that tell us what interventions work (or don't) to reduce impacts of a changing climate. Plz share + apply! seedfunding.stanford.edu/apply/U5N4
Evaluation of climate adaptation interventions using observational data | Stanford Seed Funding
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New! Public opinion foundations of the clean energy transition by Alexander F. Gazmararian, Matto Mildenberger & Dustin Tingley. This review article clarifies how public opinion's role in the clean energy transition, & charts priorities for future research. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The Republican tax and budget bill could sharply slow E.V. sales, harm US competitiveness, and kill off manufacturing investment and jobs, the NY Times reports www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b... For more, see our REPEAT Project analysis cited in the Times ⤵️
The Republican Tax Bill Could Sharply Slow E.V. Sales
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Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com · last yr.What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️ 🔌💡
nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b... While some GOP House members wrote letters, in the end, none would tank the whole bill to save the IRA's EV incentives.
It's so cool to see this paper in print! Relevant if you're interested in: - The domestic politics of stopping global warming - How voters understand their changing economic circumstances - The erosion of working-class support for Democrats www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/HBDCS...
Tomorrow's the deadline for the Climate Pipeline Conference!
Alexander F. Gazmararian@agazmararian.bsky.social · 2y agoApplication deadline closes on January 31 for *2025's Climate Pipeline Workshop* at Princeton University. May 9, 2025. It's designed for pre-tenure political scientists. harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Updated paper ⬇️ on how vulnerability moderates political responses to climate shocks. Check it out! osf.io/preprints/os...
Application deadline closes on January 31 for *2025's Climate Pipeline Workshop* at Princeton University. May 9, 2025. It's designed for pre-tenure political scientists. harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Time horizons matter, and they can change. Parenthood makes people more likely to support climate action, in part because it extends their time horizon. Great work from Alex Gazmarian link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Valuing the Future: Changing Time Horizons and Policy Preferences - Political Behavior
The short time horizons of citizens are a prominent explanation for why governments fail to tackle significant long-term public policy problems. Evidence for the influence of time horizons is mixed, c...
link.springer.com
Some new research on how time horizons affect policy preferences. Tldr: it's possible to lengthen time horizons and increase support for climate policy Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Really excited to host @agazmararian.bsky.social and Helen Milner at UCSB Department of Political Science and @the2035initiative.bsky.social to workshop their book "Climate Fault Lines" and talk about future of climate politics domestically and internationally over two action-packed days.
Climate Fault Lines: The Political Economy of a Warming World | Helen V. Milner
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