{"id":28821,"date":"2017-12-05T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&p=28821"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:28:17","slug":"make-carbon-taxes-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/make-carbon-taxes-acceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make carbon taxes more acceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This report explores practical ways through which carbon taxes can be made more politically attractive. It reviews the empirical evidence on people’s attitudes towards environmental taxes and draws lessons from these findings on publicly acceptable forms of carbon taxation (with an overview of the empirical studies reviewed provided in the appendices). The report discusses strategies that can enable a transparent and open debate on the implications of implementing a carbon tax. Its premise is that carbon taxes can be made acceptable by designing them in a way that responds to voter concerns.<\/p>\n

The report was produced as part of the Statkraft research programme<\/a>, ‘“Fit-for-purpose” energy and climate change mitigation policies for the European Union’, completed in December 2017. A final project report<\/a> summarises all of the main findings and recommendations.<\/p>\n

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