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Last Published June 20, 2022 07:11 AM October 20, 2023 10:24 AM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date December 09, 2021
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 2840 over 8 treatments
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 840
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms Animal welfare Uniform Low: 354 Animal welfare Uniform High: 360 Animal welfare Differentiated Low: 361 Animal welfare Differentiated High: 355 Climate Uniform Low: 359 Climate Uniform High: 350 Climate Differentiated Low: 342 Climate Differentiated High: 359
Public Data URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YNMG1R
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YNMG1R
Data Collection Completion Date December 09, 2021
Is data available for public use? Yes
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Paper Abstract A tax on meat could help address the climate impact and animal welfare issues associated with the production of meat. Through a referendum choice experiment with more than 2,800 German citizens, we elicited support for a tax on meat by varying the following tax attributes: level and differentiation thereof, justification and salience of behavioural effects. Only at the lowest tax level tested do all tax variants receive support from most voters. Support is generally stronger if the tax is justified by animal welfare rather than climate change mitigation. Differentiated taxes that link the tax rate to the harmfulness of the product do not receive higher support than a uniform tax; this indifference is not driven by a failure to anticipate the differential impacts on consumption. While the introduction of meat taxation remains politically challenging, our results underscore the need for policymakers to clearly communicate underlying reasons for the tax and its intended behavioural effect.
Paper Citation Perino, G., & Schwickert, H. (2023). Animal welfare is a stronger determinant of public support for meat taxation than climate change mitigation in Germany. Nature Food, 4(2), 160-169.
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00696-y
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