Ninth Monthly Report by ANIA and UniNa: Italian Participation in Environmental Policies

Developed by a joint working group from ANIA (Italian National Association of Insurance Companies) and the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Naples Federico II, the goal of the Monthly Report is to track Italian consumer expectations through descriptive statistical analysis of data collected by the “Italian Survey on Consumer Expectations” (ISCE).

This survey investigates consumers' economic and financial choices and their expectations for the future trends of various economic indicators. It also includes a thematic section that varies with each survey wave.

For each ISCE survey, conducted on a quarterly basis, the report provides periodic updates on Italian consumer expectations regarding the macroeconomic and microeconomic landscape, as well as findings from specific thematic sections.

This report is based on data from the Italian Survey on Consumer Expectations (ISCE) conducted between October 2023 and January 2025. It analyzes Italian citizens' willingness to contribute to a public fund for the prevention and mitigation of hydrogeological risk and examines the effect of information about the human and economic consequences of such risks on public support and individual contributions.

The report presents the main findings of a study conducted by Luigi Guiso and Tullio Jappelli (using data from the ISCE survey), which analyzes the willingness of Italian citizens to contribute to a public fund for the prevention and mitigation of hydrogeological risk, as well as the effect of information regarding the consequences of such risks. In particular, the study shows that half of Italian citizens would be willing to contribute to the fund, with an average amount of €63.4 per person, and that both the likelihood of participation and the contribution amount increase when individuals are exposed to information about the human and economic costs associated with hydrogeological disasters.

The full study is available at the following link.
For detailed information on methodology, content, definitions, and the survey sample, please refer to the Methodological Appendix.

Any questions regarding the data in this publication may be directed via email to grins_spoke3@ania.it.

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