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DOI	10.1038/s41558-019-0474-0
	Nudging out support for a carbon tax
	Hagmann D.; Ho E.H.; Loewenstein G.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1758678X
卷号	9 期号:6
英文摘要	A carbon tax is widely accepted as the most effective policy for curbing carbon emissions but is controversial because it imposes costs on consumers. An alternative, ‘nudge,’ approach promises smaller benefits but with much lower costs. However, nudges aimed at reducing carbon emissions could have a pernicious indirect effect if they offer the promise of a ‘quick fix’ and thereby undermine support for policies of greater impact. Across six experiments, including one conducted with individuals involved in policymaking, we show that introducing a green energy default nudge diminishes support for a carbon tax. We propose that nudges decrease support for substantive policies by providing false hope that problems can be tackled without imposing considerable costs. Consistent with this account, we show that by minimizing the perceived economic cost of the tax and disclosing the small impact of the nudge, eliminates crowding-out without diminishing support for the nudge. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	cost analysis; energy efficiency; environmental economics; environmental policy; pollution tax; public attitude
来源期刊	Nature Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124399
作者单位	Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, NY, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hagmann D.,Ho E.H.,Loewenstein G.. Nudging out support for a carbon tax[J],2019,9(6).
APA	Hagmann D.,Ho E.H.,&Loewenstein G..(2019).Nudging out support for a carbon tax.Nature Climate Change,9(6).
MLA	Hagmann D.,et al."Nudging out support for a carbon tax".Nature Climate Change 9.6(2019).