Enhancing Public Acceptability of Low Emission Zones: The Role of Accompanying Measures

Rim Rejeb, Hélène Bouscasse, Sandrine Mathy () and Carole Treibich
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Rim Rejeb: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, VEDECOM Institute - VEDECOM Institute
Hélène Bouscasse: CESAER - Centre d'économie et de sociologie rurales appliquées à l'agriculture et aux espaces ruraux - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Sandrine Mathy: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
Carole Treibich: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes

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Abstract: Low Emission Zones (LEZs) suffer from a lack of public support, which can hinder their implementation or decrease their environmental ambition. Although the individual determinants influencing this support have been studied, the leverage effect of accompanying measures remains unexplored. Accompanying measures also serve as a support tool for vulnerable households and thus influence not only the acceptance of the LEZ but also social justice.We study the public acceptability of a LEZ prior to its implementation in Grenoble (France), and the perception of accompanying measures aimed at facilitating modal shift, introducing exemptions or proposing subsidies for the purchase of LEZ-compatible vehicles. This work highlights the heterogeneity both among supporters and opponents in the perception of the usefulness of these measures, identifies the most relevant measures according to profiles of respondents. This is the first work to analyze support measures for LEZs in a way that endogenously identifies profiles of people.

Keywords: Low emission zones; Acceptability; Support policies; Profiles; Heterogeneity; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in SSRN : Social Science Research Network, 2025, pp.1-38. ⟨10.2139/ssrn.5153350⟩

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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5153350

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