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Behavioural Economics and Public Support for Carbon Pricing: A Revenue Recycling Scheme to Address the Political Economy of Carbon Taxation

Dominioni, Goran orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3795-2617 and Heine, Dirk orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7430-2090 (2019) Behavioural Economics and Public Support for Carbon Pricing: A Revenue Recycling Scheme to Address the Political Economy of Carbon Taxation. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 10 (3). pp. 554-570. ISSN 2190-8249

Abstract
Even though carbon pricing is widely accepted as the most efficient policy instrument for climate change mitigation, it has been severely held back by a lack of public support. Building on research in behavioural sciences, we propose a revenue recycling scheme that aims to foster public support for carbon taxes. The scheme has two main strengths: (i) it may allow the implementatin of carbon taxes with higher tax rates than those currently prevailing in most jurisdictions; (ii) it relies on a number of accessible technologies, and thus it can be implemented in a wide variety of settings, both in urban and rural areas of developing and developed countries.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Social Sciences > Globalization
Social Sciences > Law
Social Sciences > Political science
Social Sciences > Public administration
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Official URL:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-j...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:31655
Deposited On:20 Oct 2025 10:20 by Daniel O Sullivan . Last Modified 20 Oct 2025 10:20
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