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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112698
	How effective is carbon taxation on residential heating demand? A household-level analysis
	Ott L.; Weber S.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	160
英文摘要	This paper investigates the impact of the Swiss CO2 levy on households' heating demand. Using a difference-in-differences approach combined with inverse probability of treatment weighting, we test whether the 2016 and 2018 carbon tax rate increases had a short-run impact on Swiss households' heating and hot water expenditures—i.e. a proxy for heating consumption. Micro-level data from the Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey are used to estimate the models. Our regression analysis shows that heating consumption decreases with time for all households, but it does not detect any clear short-run impact of the CO2 levy on fossil fuel users in comparison to non-fossil fuel users. We nevertheless find that many factors significantly affect heating consumption, such as setting the thermostat at a lower temperature. Even though further research is needed regarding possible long-run impacts, our findings challenge the relevance of this policy instrument under its current form to lower households’ CO2 emissions. Considering that its rate is regularly increased based on short-run emission targets, households may have too little time to adapt. The tax design might thus need to be revised to take into account the slow reaction time. © 2021
英文关键词	Carbon tax; Difference-in-differences; Energy consumption; Fossil fuel; Inverse probability of treatment weighting; Policy evaluation
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Fossil fuels; Heating; Regression analysis; Taxation; Carbon taxation; Carbon taxes; Difference-in-differences; Differences-in-differences; Energy-consumption; Heating consumption; Heating demand; Inverse probability of treatment weighting; Policy evaluation; Short runs; Energy utilization; demand analysis; energy policy; fossil fuel; heating; household energy; pollution tax; regression analysis; residential energy; Switzerland
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256433
作者单位	University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research, Abram-Louis Breguet 2, Neuchâtel, 2000, Switzerland; Haute école de Gestion de Genève (HEG-Genève), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Geneva, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ott L.,Weber S.. How effective is carbon taxation on residential heating demand? A household-level analysis[J],2022,160.
APA	Ott L.,&Weber S..(2022).How effective is carbon taxation on residential heating demand? A household-level analysis.Energy Policy,160.
MLA	Ott L.,et al."How effective is carbon taxation on residential heating demand? A household-level analysis".Energy Policy 160(2022).