British Columbia The British Columbia carbon tax, launched in 2008, covers almost all fossil fuels used in the province (Elgie, 2012). The tax rate started at $10 per tonne of CO2 equivalent and has since increased to $30 (Elgie, 2012) (equivalent to $USD 23/tCO2e). This tax was designed to be revenue-neutral, with all revenues being returned in the form of tax breaks (Elgie, 2012). It appears that the analysis of this carbon tax is limited to two main papers, the score and theory used for each can be seen in Table 3. The breakdown of both the motivation score and main theory used in the two papers which have analysed the Table 3. B.C. carbon tax. Paper Motivation Justification of Score Theory Used Score Elgie (2012) 1 Discusses behavioural Other it appears that the – change, but there is no price effect is the predicted mention of motivation. It theory, but no conclusions does not appear that this can be drawn. The was a major factor in the definitions from both MCT overall discussion of the and SDT were not included tax. That being said, it in the discussion of the tax. pointed out the need for further studies to examine the correlation/causation of the carbon tax on reducing individuals driving behaviours. Rivers and 3 Both behaviour and MCT most closely aligns – Schaufele (2015) motivation, including with this theory, although the extrinsic and intrinsic definition of intrinsic motivation are described. motivation appears to be The definition of both of defined differently. Key these could have been phrases are defined more precise in order to differently than would occur understand exactly how it under SDT. was applied to the discussion. It also does not appear that individual behaviours were included in the model that was used but there was
British Columbia The British Columbia carbon tax, launched in 2008, covers almost all fossil fuels used in the province (Elgie, 2012). The tax rate started at $10 per tonne of CO2 equivalent and has since increased to $30 (Elgie, 2012) (equivalent to $USD 23/tCO2e). This tax was designed to be revenue-neutral, with all revenues being returned in the form of tax breaks (Elgie, 2012). It appears that the analysis of this carbon tax is limited to two main papers, the score and theory used for each can be seen in Table 3. Table 3. The breakdown of both the motivation score and main theory used in the two papers which have analysed the B.C. carbon tax. Paper Motivation Score Justification of Score Theory Used Elgie (2012) 1 Discusses behavioural change, but there is no mention of motivation. It does not appear that this was a major factor in the overall discussion of the tax. That being said, it pointed out the need for further studies to examine the correlation/causation of the carbon tax on reducing individuals driving behaviours. Other – it appears that the price effect is the predicted theory, but no conclusions can be drawn. The definitions from both MCT and SDT were not included in the discussion of the tax. Rivers and Schaufele (2015) 3 Both behaviour and motivation, including extrinsic and intrinsic motivation are described. The definition of both of these could have been more precise in order to understand exactly how it was applied to the discussion. It also does not appear that individual behaviours were included in the model that was used but there was MCT – most closely aligns with this theory, although the definition of intrinsic motivation appears to be defined differently. Key phrases are defined differently than would occur under SDT.