Public support for carbon taxation in Turkey: drivers and barriers

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dc.authoridOzturk, Serda Selin/0000-0003-2758-9321
dc.contributor.authorUyduranoglu, Ayse
dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Serda Selin
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:45:25Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:45:25Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe Paris Agreement aims to limit the increase in the global mean temperature to well below 2 degrees C to avoid the severe impacts of climate change. To achieve this target, mitigation efforts in emerging economies through carbon pricing are critical, as they are cost effective and generate revenue. However, carbon pricing policies may not be politically feasible owing to low levels of public support. Therefore, investigation of the factors that affect public support for carbon pricing is crucial. Through a face-to-face survey of a representative sample of the Turkish population, we provide evidence for the drivers of, and barriers to, public support for one form of carbon pricing, that is, a potential carbon taxation. Our results suggest that there are numerous factors influencing support for carbon taxation. Among these, awareness of global warming, the perception of the effectiveness of carbon taxation, and carbon taxation adopted by other countries are the most important factors in terms of their marginal effect on support for the policy. If people have heard about global warming, they are more likely to support carbon taxation. The perception that carbon taxation is an effective policy to address climate change leads to increased public support. Moreover, the presence of carbon taxation in other countries positively influences support. However, an unanticipated result is that the use of carbon taxation revenues for mitigation and adaptation projects is not a statistically significant factor influencing public support. The reason for this may be the perception of the effectiveness of carbon taxation. Key policy insights The perception that carbon taxation is an effective policy for decreasing the use of energy and addressing climate change increases public support for the policy. Concerns about global air pollution and climate change make the public more supportive of carbon taxation. The implementation of carbon taxation by other countries leads to greater public support for such a policy. However, concerns related to competitiveness and the regressive nature of carbon taxation negatively affect support. In contrast with the literature, an interesting finding is that the use of taxation revenues for mitigation and adaptation projects has no statistically significant impact on support.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipIstanbul Bilgi University [2018.02.009]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by Istanbul Bilgi University: [grant number 2018.02.009].en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14693062.2020.1816887
dc.identifier.endpage1191en_US
dc.identifier.issn1469-3062
dc.identifier.issn1752-7457
dc.identifier.issue9en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85091171661en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1175en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1816887
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7535
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000571343500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofClimate Policyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectCarbon Taxationen_US
dc.subjectPublic Supporten_US
dc.subjectMitigationen_US
dc.subjectEcological Tax-Reformen_US
dc.subjectClimate-Changeen_US
dc.subjectGreen Taxesen_US
dc.subjectImpactsen_US
dc.subjectAcceptanceen_US
dc.subjectPolicyen_US
dc.subjectCompetitivenessen_US
dc.subjectAcceptabilityen_US
dc.subjectMitigationen_US
dc.titlePublic support for carbon taxation in Turkey: drivers and barriersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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