☆ 4.7 Article

How to finance green investments? The role of public debt

ENERGY POLICY (2024)

Related references

Note: Only part of the references are listed.

Article Political Science

Do citizens care about government debt? Evidence from survey experiments on budgetary priorities

Bjorn Bremer et al.

Summary: Public debt has become a politicised issue since the Great Recession. Research shows that citizens tend to be fiscally conservative, but also punish governments for implementing fiscal consolidation. However, experiments reveal that reducing debt is not a priority for citizens as it involves trade-offs in spending and taxes. Instead, the public leans towards supporting higher progressive taxes to fund more government spending.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH (2023)

Add to Collection

Editorial Material Environmental Studies

A Green Fiscal Pact for the EU: increasing climate investments while consolidating budgets

Zsolt Darvas et al.

Summary: To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, global investments in green infrastructure will need to increase by approximately 2% of world GDP annually. In the European Union, additional public investments of around 0.6% of GDP per year are required to achieve the climate targets. However, balancing the need for increased investments with the consolidation efforts after the pandemic poses challenges. The proposed "green golden rule" suggests excluding net green investments from fiscal indicators to incentivize public climate investments, but uncertainties in the impact of green public spending and risks to growth from climate change need to be addressed.

CLIMATE POLICY (2023)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

The Portfolio of Economic Policies Needed to Fight Climate Change

Olivier Blanchard et al.

Summary: Climate change is a significant threat to human existence. Carbon pricing and green R&D support are considered effective tools, although their implementation can be improved. Other policies such as standards, bans, and targeted subsidies also play a role, but their implementation needs to be coherent and careful.

ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS (2023)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Which Energy Security Union? An experiment on public preferences for energy union alternatives in 5 western European countries

Francesco Nicoli et al.

Summary: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to debates on the feasibility of relaunching the EU's Energy Union. A multidimensional conjoint experiment conducted among representative samples of populations in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain in November 2022 reveals considerable cross-border support for energy solidarity and the creation of joint institutions.

ENERGY POLICY (2023)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Does Conjoint Analysis Mitigate Social Desirability Bias?

Yusaku Horiuchi et al.

Summary: The study introduces a novel experimental design to examine the ability of conjoint analysis in reducing social desirability bias. Results from two studies show that the standard fully randomized conjoint design could reduce the average marginal component effect of the sensitive attribute.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Ecology

Supporting carbon taxes: The role of fairness

Stephan Sommer et al.

Summary: This study aims to understand the relationship between public support for carbon taxes and fairness preferences among German households. The findings suggest that support for carbon taxes varies depending on tax rates and methods of revenue redistribution, highlighting the importance of designing carbon pricing policies based on citizens' fairness preferences.

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2022)

Add to Collection

Editorial Material Energy & Fuels

Busting the myths around public investment in clean energy

Jonas Meckling et al.

Summary: Critics argue against government investment in clean energy, claiming that governments should not pick winners, green subsidies promote rent-seeking behavior, and failed companies indicate failed policy. However, these arguments are flawed and should not dictate the direction of energy investment policies.

NATURE ENERGY (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Yellow Vests, Pessimistic Beliefs, and Carbon Tax Aversion

Thomas Douenne et al.

Summary: Based on a representative survey, it was found that the majority of French people oppose a tax and dividend policy, which redistributes carbon tax revenues equally to each adult. They overestimate their monetary losses, perceive the policy as regressive, and doubt its environmental effectiveness. The study shows that changing people's beliefs can increase support, but the impact of informational treatments on beliefs is small.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

The Effect of Austerity Packages on Government Popularity During the Great Recession

Abel Bojar et al.

Summary: This article uses time-series analysis to study the impact of austerity policies on government popularity. The study finds that, on average, austerity policies have a negative effect on incumbent parties, but the magnitude of this effect depends on the economic and political context.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Consideration of future consequences (CFC): Validation and proposition of an ultra-short scale

Roosevelt Vilar et al.

Summary: Consideration of future consequences (CFC) is an important personality trait that evaluates individuals' evaluation of future outcomes of their behavior. This research provides psychometric evidence for the CFC scale in Brazil and proposes an ultra-short version of the measure. The results show that the ultra-short version (6 items) works similarly to the full version (14 items), and correlations with other factors indicate its validity.

CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY (2022)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

UNDERSTANDING TAX POLICY: HOW DO PEOPLE REASON?

Stefanie Stantcheva

Summary: The author studies how people understand and support income and estate tax policies, finding that support is strongly correlated with social preferences such as perceptions of redistribution benefits and fairness concerns, rather than efficiency. Different normative criteria and views of the government drive the partisan gaps in tax policy views between Democrats and Republicans.

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Using green finance to counteract the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic on renewable energy investment-The case of offshore wind power in China

Qiang Tu et al.

Summary: The study shows that the average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of offshore wind power decreased from 0.86 CNY/kWh in 2014 to 0.72 CNY/kWh in 2019, but increased to 0.79 CNY/kWh in 2020, showing a 10.85% increase from 2019. With the introduction of green finance policies such as carbon pricing, tradable green certificate (TGC) and green credit, the average LCOE decreased to 0.76 CNY/kWh, 0.67 CNY/kWh and 0.74 CNY/kWh respectively, making it essential to support offshore wind power investments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ENERGY POLICY (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Institutional Design and Elite Support for Climate Policies: Evidence from Latin American Countries

Danilo Freire et al.

Summary: Latin American elites prefer international organizations to formulate climate policies, support increasing fines on violators, and favor renewing agreements every 5 years. They support both international institutions and local courts to mediate conflicts, but distrust non-governmental organizations and reject informal norms as a means of conflict resolution.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL POLITICAL SCIENCE (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Are governments paying a price for austerity? Fiscal consolidations reduce government approval

Olivier Jacques et al.

Summary: Empirical studies have found small effects of fiscal consolidations on government support, but more direct measures like executive approval show stronger negative impacts, especially during economic downturns. Spending cuts decrease government approval significantly, while tax increases have minimal impact. Left- and right-wing governments are equally likely to lose approval after implementing austerity measures.

EUROPEAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Why Austerity? The Mass Politics of a Contested Policy

Kirk Bansak et al.

Summary: The effects of austerity measures in response to financial crises causing electoral backlash are widely debated, but in reality, most voters tend to support austerity as the preferred response. The preference for austerity is highly influenced by political backers and the specific composition of spending cuts and tax hikes.

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW (2021)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

What explains the emergence and diffusion of green bonds?

Alexander Monk et al.

ENERGY POLICY (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Sciences

Constant carbon pricing increases support for climate action compared to ramping up costs over time

Michael M. Bechtel et al.

NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Measuring Time Preferences

Onathan Cohen et al.

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Studies

Public support for environmental policy depends on beliefs concerning effectiveness, intrusiveness, and fairness

Robert A. Huber et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Measuring Subgroup Preferences in Conjoint Experiments

Thomas J. Leeper et al.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS (2020)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Sciences

Commitment failures are unlikely to undermine public support for the Paris agreement

Liam F. Beiser-McGrath et al.

NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Could revenue recycling make effective carbon taxation politically feasible?

Liam F. Beiser-McGrath et al.

SCIENCE ADVANCES (2019)

Add to Collection

Review Environmental Studies

Perceived fairness and public acceptability of carbon pricing: a review of the literature

Sara Maestre-Andres et al.

CLIMATE POLICY (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Interests, Norms and Support for the Provision of Global Public Goods: The Case of Climate Co-operation

Michael M. Bechtel et al.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2019)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Sciences

Making carbon pricing work for citizens

David Klenert et al.

NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

GLOBAL EVIDENCE ON ECONOMIC PREFERENCES

Armin Falk et al.

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS (2018)

Add to Collection

Article International Relations

Self-interest, partisanship, and the conditional influence of taxation on support for war in the USA

Douglas Kriner et al.

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACE SCIENCE (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Making Austerity Popular: The Media and Mass Attitudes toward Fiscal Policy

Lucy Barnes et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2018)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Sciences

Public willingness to pay for a US carbon tax and preferences for spending the revenue

Matthew J. Kotchen et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Environmental Studies

Public acceptability of climate change mitigation policies: a discrete choice experiment

Milan Scasny et al.

CLIMATE POLICY (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Green Taxes in a Post-Paris World: Are Millions of Nays Inevitable?

Stefano Carattini et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS (2017)

Add to Collection

Article International Relations

Borrowing Support for War: The Effect of War Finance on Public Attitudes toward Conflict

Gustavo A. Flores-Macias et al.

JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Public Administration

Do People Favour Policies that Protect Future Generations? Evidence from a British Survey of Adults

Hilary Graham et al.

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Ecology

Exploring Citizen Support for Different Types of Climate Policy

Ekaterina Rhodes et al.

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Sparse Estimation and Uncertainty with Application to Subgroup Analysis

Marc Ratkovic et al.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS (2017)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Effectiveness, earmarking and labeling: testing the acceptability of carbon taxes with survey data

Andrea Baranzini et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY STUDIES (2017)

Add to Collection

Review Environmental Studies

What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical and experimental studies

Stefan Drews et al.

CLIMATE POLICY (2016)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

Government Policy with Time Inconsistent Voters

Alberto Bisin et al.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW (2015)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Causal Inference in Conjoint Analysis: Understanding Multidimensional Choices via Stated Preference Experiments

Jens Hainmueller et al.

POLITICAL ANALYSIS (2014)

Add to Collection

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

The 12 Item Social and Economic Conservatism Scale (SECS)

Jim A. C. Everett

PLOS ONE (2013)

Add to Collection

Article Political Science

Why Do Citizens Discount the Future? Public Opinion and the Timing of Policy Consequences

Alan M. Jacobs et al.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (2012)

Add to Collection

Article Ecology

A choice experiment on fuel taxation and earmarking in Norway

Hakon Saelen et al.

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2011)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

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

Steffen Kallbekken et al.

ENERGY POLICY (2011)

Add to Collection

Article Ecology

The demand for earmarking: Results from a focus group study

Steffen Kallbekken et al.

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2010)

Add to Collection

Review Psychology, Social

The Egoism and Altruism of Intergenerational Behavior

Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni et al.

PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW (2009)

Add to Collection

Article Economics

The missing motivation in macroeconomics

George A. Akerlof

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW (2007)

Add to Collection

Article Business, Finance

The role of misconceptions in support for regressive tax reform

J Slemrod

NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL (2006)

Add to Collection

© Peeref 2019-2024. All rights reserved.