Preferences for climate change policies: the role of co-benefits

Jens Abildtrup, Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Suzanne Elizabeth Vedel, Udo Mantau, Robert Mavsar, Davide Pettenella, Irina Prokofieva, Florian Schubert, Anne Stenger (), Elsa Varela, Enrico Vidale and Bo Thorsen
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Jette Bredahl Jacobsen: IFRO - Institute of Food and Resource Economics [Copenhagen] - Faculty of Science [Copenhagen] - UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
Suzanne Elizabeth Vedel: Tech & Environm Adm, Dept Analyt, Copenhagen
Udo Mantau: INFRO Informationssysteme Rohstoffe, Celle,
Robert Mavsar: EFI - European Forest Institute
Irina Prokofieva: EFI - European Forest Institute
Florian Schubert: INTEND Geoinformat GmbH, Kassel
Anne Stenger: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Elsa Varela: Forest Sci & Technol Ctr Catalonia, Lleida
Enrico Vidale: TeSAF - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry - Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua

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Abstract: Policies mitigating climate change provide a global public good but are also likely to imply local co-benefits where implemented. This may affect citizens' preferences for what policy to implement as well as where to implement it. This aspect remains understudied despite its relevance for international climate negotiations, national policies, and the development of voluntary carbon credit markets. The results of a discrete choice experiment show that citizens in five countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) have quite similar mean willingness to pay for carbon emission reductions and agree on the ranking of policies targeting different sectors. Specifically, policies targeting renewable energy use, are preferred over policies targeting industrial energy efficiency or carbon sequestration and biomass production in forests. Applying follow-up questions shows that concerns over co-benefits, notably air pollution, is linked to preferences for implementation in the home country. In the absence of co-benefits, citizens are indifferent or prefer policies implemented in other countries.

Keywords: Carbon emissions; Cobenefits; Willingness to pay; Choice experiment; Crosscountry study; Policy acceptability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2024, 13 (1), pp.110-128. ⟨10.1080/21606544.2023.2223182⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2023.2223182

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