Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Carbon tax acceptability with information provision and mixed revenue uses

  • Sara Maestre-Andrés,
  • Stefan Drews,
  • Ivan Savin,
  • Jeroen van den Bergh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27380-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Public acceptability of carbon taxation is vital for its implementation. Here, the authors show that spending all revenues on climate projects, rather than mixing them, is the most acceptable policy, while information provision only increases acceptability for a carbon tax with unspecified revenues.