We’re pleased to announce a new Doing Economics project “The politics of carbon taxation”, authored by David Hope (Senior Lecturer, Political Economy, King’s College London), Julian Limberg (Senior Lecturer, Public Policy, King’s College London), and CORE editorial board member Eileen Tipoe (Reader in Economics, Queen Mary University of London).
This project examines the political economy of carbon taxation, a policy instrument widely regarded by economists as one of the most effective mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. Despite strong support within the economics profession, the adoption of carbon taxes remains limited, largely due to political and public resistance.
Using a novel survey experiment dataset developed by David Hope, Julian Limberg, and Yves Steinebach, students will examine how perceptions of fairness and unequal treatment influence support for carbon taxation. Students will also investigate the determinants of rural opposition to carbon taxation, a phenomenon that has emerged in several countries in recent years. In addition, the project introduces information-provision survey experiments as a research methodology, enabling students to evaluate both the causal mechanisms underlying policy preferences and the strengths and limitations of experimental approaches in applied economic research.
Explore the project here: Doing Economics: The politics of carbon taxation.
Julian Limberg at King’s College London.
Eileen Tipoe at Queen Mary University of London.
Link: https://books.core-econ.org/doing-economics/book/text/14-01.html
