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Title:

Does information help to overcome public resistance to carbon prices? Evidence from an information provision experiment

Document type:
Passauer Diskussionspapiere - Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe
Author(s):
Cantner, Fabienne; Rolvering, Geske
Abstract:
To study how different economic information affect people's perceptions and attitudes towards carbon prices, we conduct an online survey experiment in a representative sample of the German voting population. We find that providing information about the efficiency of carbon prices as well as on international emission levels and carbon price initiatives changes people's perceptions and their support. Information about the possibility and benefits of revenue recycling, however, only affect the view...     »
Keywords:
D72; D83; D91; H23; Q58; 330; climate change; climate policies; carbon pricing; information; surveyexperiment
Publisher:
Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Publisher address:
Passau
Year:
2022
Language:
eng
WWW:
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/262013
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