Publications of the Project: Distribution effects and incentive effects of coordinated climate and social policy

Information, Justice and Public Support for Carbon Tax-and-Divided Policies: Experimental Evidence from Germany

Carbon pricing can deliver large emissions reductions, but public opposition remains a key barrier. We study how support for carbon tax-and-transfer schemes depends on policy design and information provision in a large-scale survey experiment with German respondents. Explaining the policy mechanism robustly increases support across price levels. Information on distributional consequences raises support ...