Residents’ Willingness to Pay for a Carbon Tax

Zheng, Goh Ie; Matthew, Nitanan Koshy

doi:10.3390/su131810118

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“…Such effects have been observed in past information experiments (Sturgis et al 2010). Since education on its own relates positively to general scientific attitudes (Bak 2001) Goh and Matthew 2021) as well as due to them having better intellectual processing abilities (Parisi et al 2012), giving more information on environmental taxes could result in a weaker information effect for less educated people. The counterhypothesis to H 2 can thus be summarised as:…”

Section: Information Effects Environmental Taxes and Educationmentioning

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Bridging the gap: the influence of information and education on acceptance of environmental taxes in Switzerland

Ruprecht

2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Mitigating climate change remains a challenge for politics since efficient instruments such as environmental taxes are widely unpopular, with one determinant of objection being a lack of knowledge. Trying to increase environmental tax acceptance, previous studies found positive, negative as well as no effects of information treatments about environmental taxes. Contributing to this inconclusive research, I apply MOSAiCH 2020 panel data from Switzerland, calculating the causal effect of receiving an environmental tax information treatment on willingness to pay them. While the information effect was inconsistent for the full sample, information significantly increases green tax acceptance of less educated people. This subgroup effect hence offers an explanation for previous inconsistencies by showing that information does not affect everyone equally. Especially for less educated people, receiving information about the functioning of environmental taxes might therefore prove crucial for policymakers to gain majority support of environmental taxes necessary for their implementation.

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Section: Information Effects Environmental Taxes and Educationmentioning

confidence: 70%

Bridging the gap: the influence of information and education on acceptance of environmental taxes in Switzerland

Ruprecht

2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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“…The questionnaire was adapted from previous relevant studies on carbon taxation, such as Goh and Matthew (2021) and Unni et al (2022). However, some modifications were made to fit the objectives of this study.…”

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Unveiling Perspectives on Carbon Tax in the Carbon Emissions Industry

Zainol Ariffin,

Saad,

Syed Mustaphanin

2024

PaperASIA

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The pressure of climate action becomes more crucial, especially to achieve the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, Malaysia has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by 45% in 2030. Malaysia has taken proper action to ensure the reduction of carbon emissions. Still, it only focuses on tax incentives and motivations toward a clean environment without involving tax penalties for the emitters. Policymakers worldwide are now changing to tax-based policies to lessen carbon emissions. Malaysia is also expected to implement the carbon tax soon. This study aims to determine Malaysia's crucial carbon emission sector and investigate the perception of implementing a carbon tax in Malaysia. This study uses desk research and questionnaires to collect data from the industry, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, and the public. This study has successfully identified key sectors responsible for significant carbon emissions and gathered respondents' perceptions towards implementing a carbon tax. The implications of the study are also highlighted.

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“…Zhang et al [11] showed that the people in China naturally have negative perceptions of a carbon tax, and their negative sentiments worsen when they have low trust in the government. In Malaysia, the residents of Klang Valley were willing to pay a carbon tax and this willingness was significantly influenced by demographic factors, including gender, age, income, and education [60]. To date, no published study has examined the influence of trust in government toward public acceptability for carbon tax implementation in Malaysia nor evaluated the three predictors of trust in government-accountability, integrity, and competence-in developing countries.…”

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Trust in Government and Its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Public Acceptability for Carbon Tax in Malaysia

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Trust in government is a significant factor influencing the public acceptability of environmental tax. Without trust, implementing and sustaining a new tax policy is challenging due to public resistance. However, gaining trust from the public is even more challenging in developing countries where corruption is a common issue. Despite the risk of policy rejection, many developing countries, including Malaysia, are adopting the carbon tax as a policy to reduce carbon emissions. This has raised the question of the impact of trust in the government on public acceptability for carbon tax implementation in Malaysia. Another critical concern is identifying the predictors of trust in government, to which researchers have given less attention. Three main features of good governance—accountability, integrity, and competence—were examined as the predictors of trust in government. A nationwide survey in Malaysia was conducted using an online questionnaire, and 566 respondents completed the survey. The data were analysed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) via Amos. The results show that trust in the government is influenced by the government’s accountability, integrity, and competence. In contrast with many past studies, trust in the government does not influence Malaysian acceptance behaviour. Instead, only the government’s accountability influences the acceptance of carbon tax implementation among the public. The public is concerned about the government’s spending; hence, the government must be transparent in its spending and redistributing the tax revenue to the public must be the top priority to gain public trust in implementing a carbon tax policy.

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Residents’ Willingness to Pay for a Carbon Tax

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Bridging the gap: the influence of information and education on acceptance of environmental taxes in Switzerland

Bridging the gap: the influence of information and education on acceptance of environmental taxes in Switzerland

Unveiling Perspectives on Carbon Tax in the Carbon Emissions Industry

Trust in Government and Its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Public Acceptability for Carbon Tax in Malaysia

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