Limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

Mildenberger, Matto; Lachapelle, Erick; Harrison, Kathryn; Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle (2022). Limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing. Nature climate change, 12(2), pp. 121-122. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41558-021-01270-9

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We find limited evidence that individual or household rebates (also called dividends) have increased public support for carbon taxes in Canada and Switzerland. In the presence of partisan and interest group conflict over climate policy, policymakers should not assume that voter support for carbon pricing will automatically increase with the inclusion of rebates.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science

UniBE Contributor:

Stadelmann, Isabelle

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science

ISSN:

1758-678X

Publisher:

Nature Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Isabelle Stadelmann

Date Deposited:

17 Aug 2022 08:56

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:22

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41558-021-01270-9

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/171996

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/171996

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