Environmental taxation for good and for bad: the efficiency and legitimacy of Sweden's carbon tax

By Sverker C. Jagers, H. Hammar. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Perceived fairness and public acceptability of carbon pricing: a review of the literature (2019, background): “Examples are disproportional costs for households that are poor or live in remote areas (Jagers and Hammar, 2009; Clayton, 2018), due to them spending a relatively large share of their disposable income on carbon-intensive goods and services like home heating, while the latter being relatively car…”
Should We Trust in Values? Explaining Public Support for Pro-Environmental Taxes (2013, background): “In addition, there are also typically “grey” individuals who all the same demonstrate both strong pro-environmental behavior and willingness to accept pro-environmental policy instruments [32,58,59].”
Public Preferences for Carbon Tax Attributes (2015, background): “However, Kahan et al. (2011) point to the complexity behind the reasons for skepticism about climate change.”
What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical and experimental studies (2016, background): “Note, further, that in some surveys, people may overestimate the costs of taxes and underestimate the ‘hidden’ costs of alternative policies, such as subsidies or investments in public transport (Jagers & Hammar, 2009).”
To tax, or not to tax: preferences for climate policy attributes (2012, background): “For example, Hammar and Jagers (2003) have found that Swedish citizens prefer subsidies that encourage the use of environment-friendly goods, rather than a tax on environmentally bad goods (which discourages their use).6 Exploring the Swedish resistance to environmental taxes on CO2, Jagers and Hamm”
Institutions, Climate Change, and the Foundations of Long-Term Policymaking (2019, background): “Lastly, survey research consistently finds that individuals dislike climate policies that impose high personal costs (Ansolabehere &Konisky, 2014; Bechtel & Scheve, 2013; Drews & Bergh, 2015; Jagers & Hammar, 2009; Shwom et al., 2010).”