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Original Articles

Puzzling tax attitudes and labels

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Pages 1809-1812 | Published online: 02 Apr 2008
 

Abstract

We find that through labelling one can significantly affect attitudes towards a tax. The gasoline tax meets a stronger reluctance than virtually the same tax when it is called the CO2 tax on gasoline.

Acknowledgement

This research was financially supported by Mistra's Climate Policy Research Program (CLIPORE) and the Malmsten Foundation.

Notes

1 We do not have any representative studies, but according to SIFO, 68% of people in Stockholm want a reduced gasoline tax (the survey was conducted in May and June 2006). In September 2006, Motormännen had collected 1.3 million names in favour of a reduced gasoline tax, one of the largest protests of its kind ever.

2 The gasoline taxation in Sweden has over time been fairly average compared to other OECD countries.

3 Note that the sample is not representative for the Swedish population, so the results should be interpreted accordingly.

Table 1. Tax attitudes, in percent

4 The mean for the gasoline tax is 3.4 where Abolish is assigned 1 and Increase a lot 6. For the CO2 tax, the mean is 4.0.

5 Summary statistics for the explanatory variables are presented in Table A1 in the Appendix.

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