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Beyond political divides: Analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland
This paper investigates public opinion on the Swiss CO2 levy and its 2020 revision by using a discrete choice experiment answered by a sample of 586 respondents living in Switzerland. The experiment is designed to elicit citizen preferences among various taxation attributes and is followed by a referendum voting experiment on various CO2 levy proposals. Based on latent class modeling approaches, we find that the population is composed by two distinct but relatively preference profiles: Environmentalists and Neutrals. Respondents belonging to the first group tend to favor higher carbon tax rates and a redistribution of proceeds benefiting low-income individuals, whereas those in the second group prefer lower rates and a uniform redistribution of proceeds across all taxpayers. Findings from the voting experiment point to a general support among the Environmentalists, but an uncertain approval from the Neutral group.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IRENE Working Paper ; No. 20-11
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Energy: Government Policy
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
- Subject
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Carbon tax
preference heterogeneity
public opinion
latent class
discrete choice experiment
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ott, Laurent
Farsi, Mehdi
Weber, Sylvain
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE)
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Neuchâtel
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Ott, Laurent
- Farsi, Mehdi
- Weber, Sylvain
- University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE)
Time of origin
- 2020
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