Public acceptance for environmental taxes: Self-interest, environmental and distributional concerns

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2966-2973

  Kallbekken, Steffen ^a   Sæælen, Håkon ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental taxes; Fuel taxes; Public support

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES; FUEL TAXES; MAGIC FORMULAS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; PUBLIC SUPPORT; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; FUELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

TAXATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

NORWAY;

EID: 79953667897     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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