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The Behavioral Effects of Carbon Taxes – Experimental Evidence

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  • Grieder, Manuel
  • Baerenbold, Rebekka
  • Schmitz, Jan
  • Schubert, Renate
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  • Grieder, Manuel & Baerenbold, Rebekka & Schmitz, Jan & Schubert, Renate, 2022. "The Behavioral Effects of Carbon Taxes – Experimental Evidence," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264112, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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