CEENRG Seminars: 'Information, Justice and Public Support for Carbon Tax-and-Dividend Policies: Experimental Evidence from Germany'

Speaker: Dr Merve Kucuk (Postdoctoral Researcher, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC))

Carbon pricing can deliver large emissions reductions, but public opposition remains a key barrier. We study how support for carbon tax-and-transfer schemes depends on policy design and information provision in a large-scale survey experiment with German respondents. Explaining the policy mechanism increases support, while information on distributional consequences matters when revenue recycling is sufficiently generous. These effects operate through self- and other-regarding fairness concerns, highlighting the importance of policy design and making its distributional implications visible.

The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2026-27 academic year.

Many seminars take place as hybrid meetings (in person seminars in the DAB - David Attenborough Building + online in Zoom) every Thursday (please check precise date and time as may vary) during the term. Please refer to the Land Economy website for more details and online registration.