Z. Eylem Gevrek|Ayse Uyduranoglu
Public preferences for carbon tax attributes
University of Konstanz|Istanbul Bilgi University
impacts climate change already visible throughout world recognizing threats posed climate change durban platform 17th session conference parties cop 17 underscores global nature climate change calls widest possible cooperation ambitious action countries crucial starting point design effective publicly acceptable policies explore public preferences climate policy instruments using choice experiment study investigates public preferences carbon tax attributes developing country context results account heterogeneity preferences show turkish people prefer carbon tax progressive cost distribution rather one regressive cost distribution private cost negative effect probability choosing tax earmarking carbon tax revenues increases public acceptability tax moreover preference carbon tax promotes public awareness climate change