Research on degrowth and its policy proposals has rapidly expanded, despite lacking empirical evidence on public perceptions. One conceptual proposition for affluent populations is that lifestyle changes, such as undertaking sufficiency-oriented behaviours, may engender degrowth policy support. Our research empirically investigated U.S. public support for degrowth policies, its relation to sufficiency behaviours, and whether a degrowth framing influenced policy support. In a pre-registered, online discrete choice experiment (N = 1012), we elicited perceptions of four commonly advocated degrowth policies - work time reductions, downscaling fossil fuel production, universal basic services, and advertising restrictions. Analyses revealed significant support for some specification of each alternative policy, especially fossil fuel caps and universal healthcare. We also found a significant positive association between sufficiency engagement and supporting fossil fuel restrictions. However, latent class analysis suggested that the link between behaviour and policy support was less consistent for socially oriented policies, and that those who supported such policies did not engage in sufficiency most frequently. Degrowth framing only significantly influenced preferences for universal healthcare. These findings suggest an appetite for advancing eco-social policies in the United States but point to a nuanced relationship between sufficiency lifestyles and degrowth policy support.

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美国公众对去增长政策和自给行为的支持：一个离散选择实验


尽管缺乏关于公众认知的实证证据，但对去增长及其政策建议的研究已经迅速扩大。富裕人群的一个概念性主张是，生活方式的改变，例如采取以自给自足为导向的行为，可能会获得去增长政策的支持。我们的研究实证调查了美国公众对去增长政策的支持、它与自给自足行为的关系，以及去增长框架是否影响了政策支持。在一项预先注册的在线离散选择实验 （N = 1012） 中，我们引发了对四种普遍倡导的去增长政策的看法——减少工作时间、缩小化石燃料生产规模、普遍基本服务和广告限制。分析显示，对每项替代政策的某些规范都给予了大力支持，尤其是化石燃料上限和全民医疗保健。我们还发现，充足性参与与支持化石燃料限制之间存在显著的正相关。然而，潜在阶级分析表明，对于以社会为导向的政策，行为与政策支持之间的联系不太一致，并且支持此类政策的人并不经常参与自给自足。去增长框架只会显着影响对全民医疗保健的偏好。这些发现表明美国对推进生态社会政策的兴趣，但指出了自给自足的生活方式与去增长政策支持之间存在微妙的关系。