Arbeitspapier

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IRENE Working Paper ; No. 20-11

Klassifikation
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
Thema
Carbon tax
preference heterogeneity
public opinion
latent class
discrete choice experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ott, Laurent
Farsi, Mehdi
Weber, Sylvain
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE)
(wo)
Neuchâtel
(wann)
2020

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ott, Laurent
  • Farsi, Mehdi
  • Weber, Sylvain
  • University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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