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carbon pricing intensity

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How governments address climate change through carbon pricing ... nature.com Nature Apr 15, 2025 26 facts

claimExemptions for certain polluters represent a dimension of carbon pricing intensity that cannot be considered in the study due to data availability limitations.

claimGovernment position contributes to the prediction of carbon pricing intensity to the same extent as diffusion, carbon intensity of the economy, and debt.

measurementThe intensity of carbon pricing is measured by the price per ton of carbon emissions weighted by the share of emissions covered by the policy.

claimThe measure for environmental salience of governments, known as per501, does not contribute to explaining carbon pricing intensity.

claimGovernment position contributes to the prediction of carbon pricing intensity to the same extent as diffusion, carbon intensity of the economy, and national debt.

claimVeto players (actors with the lowest environmental salience) can have a positive effect on carbon pricing intensity, as an increased distance to the veto player is accompanied by increased carbon pricing intensity.

claimThe author expects decreasing carbon pricing intensity with stronger corporatist structures, as measured by the V-Dem Civil Society Organization (CSO) Structure index.

procedureThe author of the study calculates a policy diffusion variable using IMF data by multiplying trade interdependencies between countries with their carbon pricing intensity.

claimThe impact of government positions on carbon pricing intensity is not statistically significant when using standardized lags of two and three years.

claimStronger corporatist structures, as measured by the V-Dem Civil Society Organization (CSO) Structure, are expected to lead to decreasing carbon pricing intensity.

claimRunning models with unbalanced panels, where carbon pricing intensity is set to missing if the instrument is not yet introduced, does not significantly change the results compared to using balanced data.

claimThe measure for environmental salience of governments, known as per501, does not contribute to explaining carbon pricing intensity.

claimEnvironment-related statements in government manifestos do not have a significant effect on carbon pricing intensity, contradicting the hypothesis that such statements translate into increased carbon pricing.

procedureThe intensity of carbon pricing is measured by the price per ton of carbon emissions weighted by the share of emissions covered by the policy.

claimLisa Klagges declared no competing interests regarding the publication of the article 'How governments address climate change through carbon pricing intensity.'

procedureThe study analyzed 21 OECD countries between 1990 and 2022 that implemented national carbon pricing policies using first-difference estimation to test the impact of government positions on carbon pricing intensity.

claimCorporatist structures reinforce the negative impact of carbon dependency on carbon pricing intensity, likely because polluting interests have continuous institutional access to the decision-making process.

claimCorporatist structures reinforce the negative relationship between carbon dependency and carbon pricing intensity, likely because polluting interests have continuous institutional access to the decision-making process.

claimDemocratic OECD countries are highly relevant to the study of carbon pricing intensity because they have contributed significantly to climate change through carbon-intensive development and continue to account for a large share of global emissions.

claimLisa Klagges authored the article titled 'How governments address climate change through carbon pricing intensity,' which was published in npj Climate Action in 2025.

claimThe impact of government positions on carbon pricing intensity is not statistically significant when using standardized lags of two and three years.

measurementThe carbon pricing intensity measure ranges from almost zero to 56, based on 341 country-year observations in which national carbon pricing policies were in force.

procedureThe author uses first-difference estimation in the analysis to switch the interpretation of carbon pricing intensity from levels to changes.

measurementThe carbon pricing intensity measure ranges from almost zero to 56, based on 341 country-year observations where national carbon pricing policies were in force.

claimAn increased distance to the veto player, defined as the actor with the lowest environmental salience, is associated with increased carbon pricing intensity.

claimEnvironment-related statements in government manifestos do not have a significant effect on carbon pricing intensity.