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- Coria, Jessica, 1979, et al.
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Kemikalieskatter bidrar till en giftfri miljö
- 2015
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Ingår i: Svenska Dagbladet - Debatt. - 1101-2412. ; :2015-07-01
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Förslagen om att beskatta kemikalier är ett steg i rätt riktning. Den lagstiftning som finns idag är alltför svag, särskilt när det gäller så kallade blandningar av olika kemikalier. Det skriver en grupp forskare på Göteborgs universitet som arbetar med styrning av miljöeffekterna från kemikalier. Olika slags kemikalier hamnar i avloppsvattnet, och skribenterna varnar för just blandningen av olika ämnen, en så kallad cocktaileffekt.
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- Ewald, Jens, et al.
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Understanding the Resistance to Carbon Taxes: A Case Study of Sweden
- 2021
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Although carbon taxes are generally well accepted in the countries where they have been implemented to lower carbon emissions, there is still public resistance to raising them. We study attitudes toward carbon taxation and other environmental policy instruments in Sweden. We survey a national sample of the population as well as members of a large organization that protests against fuel taxes. Our results show that educational level, rural versus urban domicile, political orientation, and especially trust in government affect opinions on carbon taxes; household income does not appear to matter. Lack of trust in government and lack of belief in the Pigouvian mechanism are especially important motivations for protesters’ opposition. When asked about the use of carbon tax revenue, some respondents support revenue refunding (uniform or progressive), but more people support using it for climate mitigation investments.
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- Ewald, Jens, et al.
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Understanding the resistance to carbon taxes: Drivers and barriers among the general public and fuel-tax protesters
- 2022
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Ingår i: Resources and Energy Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0928-7655 .- 1873-0221. ; 70
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Carbon taxes are generally well accepted in countries with significant experience thereof but there is still public resistance to raising them. We study attitudes toward carbon taxation and other environmental policy instruments in Sweden. We survey a national sample of the population as well as members of a large political movement that protests fuel taxes. Our results show that the motivations in both groups are alike: educational level, rural versus urban domicile, political orientation, and especially trust in government correlate with opinions on carbon taxes; household income does not appear to matter. Lack of trust in government and lack of belief in the Pigouvian mechanism appear as especially important motivations for protesters' opposition. We find support for revenue refunding, but greater support, in both groups, for earmarking for climate use. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- Flood, Lennart, 1952, et al.
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Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? : simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Raising the price of fossil fuels is a key component of any effective policy to deal with climate change. Just how effective such policies are is decided by the price elasticities of demand. Many papers have studied this without recognising that not only is there a demand side response: quantities are decided by the price but also there is a reverse causality: the level of consumtion affects the political acceptability of the taxes which are the main component of the final price. Thus prices affect consumption levels, in turn, have an affect on taxes and thus consumer prices. This paper estimates these functions simultaneously to show that there is indeed an effect on the demand elasticity.
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- Slunge, Daniel, 1968, et al.
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Farliga kemikalier måste fasas ut snabbare
- 2016
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Ingår i: Svenska Dagbladet. - 1101-2412. ; :2016-04-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Avvecklingen av giftiga och cancerframkallande ämnen är orimligt långsam. Det visar erfarenheterna av lösningsmedlet TRI som idag blir förbjudet i Europa. Kemikaliepolitiken i EU måste bli mer ambitiös, skriver forskare i nationalekonomi och ekotoxikologi vid Göteborgs universitet.
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- Sterner, Thomas, 1952, et al.
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Economists and the Climate
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. - 2214-8043 .- 2214-8051. ; 109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To date, environmental economists have been very engaged with questions surrounding climate change while interest from mainstream economics has been moderate. Economists have been quite unanimous in their recommendation to focus climate policy on pricing carbon. This is an important point, often under-appreciated by other disciplines. Still, the message may have been oversimplified and exaggerated. In global policy, carbon pricing has not reached its full potential. The climate problem is complex and interrelated with several other problems. The existence of multiple market failures and serious problems of policy acceptance complicate policy design. Many other, more sophisticated economic messages have also been drowned out. We discuss the role of economists as researchers as well as teachers and communicators to policy makers, ultimately encouraging economists to deepen their engagement in solutions to climate change.
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- Sterner, Thomas, 1952, et al.
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How to Promote Prevention Economics Incentives, Legal Regulations or Both?
- 2003
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Legal regulations of the work environment are probably regarded as the main tools to promote prevention at the work-place. The legal regulations are expressed as occupational exposure limits, bans and taxes. Taxes can be regarded as economic incentives as well, and other economic incentives are insurance systems for employers and consumers´ actions. The latter have been found to have profound effects regarding environmental issues, and may also in future be a powerful tool for work-place related prevention. The research in this area is rather limited, but there are some research results that can be obtained from the area of environmental economy. The paper will discuss some examples where legal regulations, economic incentives or both have been used. Described examples will be the control of silicosis, 2-naphthylamine, trichloroethylene and the process chemicals used in pulp and paper bleaching.
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- Torén, Kjell, 1952, et al.
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How to promote prevention--economic incentives or legal regulations or both?
- 2003
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Ingår i: Scand J Work Environ Health. ; 29:3, s. 239-45.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Legal regulations of the work environment are probably regarded as the main tools for promoting prevention at the workplace. Legal regulations are expressed as occupational exposure limits, bans, and taxes. Taxes can be regarded as economic incentives as well, and other economic incentives are insurance systems for employers' and consumers' actions. The latter have been found to have profound effects regarding environmental issues and may also, in the future, be a powerful tool for workplace-related prevention. The research in this area is rather limited, but there are some research results that can be obtained from the area of environmental economics. This paper discusses some examples in which legal regulations, economic incentives, or both have been used. Legal regulations and market-based economic incentives may produce similar results, but the economic cost and political feasibility typically differ. This situation makes the selection and design of instruments an important field for future research.
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