Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272347 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 219
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen und Nürnberg
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 views of very specific subgroups of the population, such as individuals with low income or high trust in the government. Moreover, we find that none of the information affects the perceptions and support of climate change skeptics.
Subjects: 
climate change
climate policies
carbon pricing
information
survey experiment
JEL: 
D72
D83
D91
H23
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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