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Title page

Contents

Abstract 2

1. Introduction 4

2. Relevant literature and theoretical background 6

3. Data and definitions of variables 7

3.1. Perceptions of climate change 7

3.2. Perceptions of the death toll from catastrophes 8

3.3. Other variables 9

4. Empirical strategy 9

5. Results 11

5.1. Factors explaining variations in perceptions of fatalities 11

5.2. Addressing the non-response bias 12

5.3. Beliefs about climate change 12

5.4. Willingness to pay higher taxes to mitigate the consequences of climate change 13

6. Sensitivity analysis 14

7. Discussion 15

8. Conclusions 18

References 20

Appendix A - Background information on disasters analyzed 30

Appendix B 32

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the dependent and explanatory variables 24

Table 2. Ordered probit estimations of overestimation of number of deaths in catastrophes 25

Table 3. Ordered probit estimations, with selection correction, of overestimation of number of deaths in catastrophes 26

Table 4. Perceptions of catastrophes fatalities and beliefs about climate change. Binary probit 27

Table 5. Marginal effects of probit estimations of perceptions of catastrophe fatalities and willingness to pay taxes to combat climate pollution, climate change, and biological loss 28

Table 6. Stability of marginal effects of "overestimation index" under different assumptions 29

Figure 1. Distribution of responses regarding the number of deaths 23

Table B1. Perceptions about catastrophes and beliefs about climate change. Linear regression 32

Table B2. Perceptions about catastrophes and willingness to pay taxes. Linear regression 33