Table 1: Canonical Structure Matrix
Loadings of Predictors and Policies on Four Significant Dimensions
Variable Dim 1 Dim 2 Dim 3 Dim 4
Independent Variables (IV)
Fairness −0.70 −0.46 0.19 −0.21
Effectiveness −0.74 0.13 −0.28 0.05
Economic Harm −0.16 −0.04 0.32 −0.09
Government Trust −0.31 −0.28 0.58 0.08
Future emissions decrease −0.24 0.17 0.21 0.49
Future economic growth −0.35 0.18 0.33 0.24
Agrowth 0.05 0.18 0.36 −0.61
Degrowth 0.20 −0.19 0.10 0.05
Decoupling −0.37 −0.07 −0.55 0.27
Political orientation −0.35 −0.15 −0.02 0.02
Age −0.03 0.48 0.01 −0.39
Income −0.17 0.26 −0.03 −0.04
Female 0.11 −0.65 −0.19 0.20
Dependent Variables (DV)
Carbon tax −0.70 0.14 0.43 −0.23
Fossil fuel bans −0.56 −0.04 0.00 −0.64
ZEV sales mandate −0.70 0.20 −0.15 0.09
Cleaner fuel regulations −0.74 0.05 −0.25 0.13
Energy efficiency regulations −0.76 0.27 −0.33 0.02
Household subsidies −0.52 −0.39 −0.61 −0.24
Business subsidies −0.61 −0.67 0.07 0.24
Information −0.69 −0.01 −0.37 0.04
Government investment −0.76 −0.14 −0.08 0.03
Note: Bold values indicate primary loadings (absolute value > 0.40). Growth-at-all-costs serves as the reference paradigm.