Carbon Taxation

Carbon taxes are widely regarded as one of the most effective and economically efficient policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Yet they face significant political hurdles due to their visible costs and distributional consequences. My research in this area examines the political feasibility of carbon taxation, including how revenue recycling can build public support, how concerns about personal income and fairness shape preferences over carbon tax design, and how information about the unequal distribution of carbon emissions across income groups affects willingness to accept these policies. This work also considers the international dimension — how the carbon pricing choices of other countries influence domestic support for carbon taxation.

Carbon inequality and support for carbon taxation

European Journal of Political Research (2024)

How Do Pocketbook and Distributional Concerns Affect Citizens’ Preferences for Carbon Taxation?

The Journal of Politics (2024)

Command and control or market-based instruments? Public support for policies to address vehicular pollution in Beijing and New Delhi

Environmental Politics (2023)

Understanding public support for domestic contributions to global collective goods. Results from a survey experiment on carbon taxation in Japan

Climatic Change (2021)

Could revenue recycling make effective carbon taxation politically feasible?

Science Advances (2019)