「Distributional concerns and public opinion: EV
subsidies in the US and Japan」
●저자 : 임시정(제1저자)
●학술지명 : Energy Policy
●권호 : 164
●게재년월 : 2022년 5월
●링크: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421522001082
[초록]
This paper
explores whether perceptions about distributive inequity shape public support
for energy transition policies. The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) is
an important policy priority for the decarbonization of
road transportation. Because high sticker prices restrict EV sales, governments
offer consumers EV subsidies. However, some are concerned that subsidies may
favor certain groups and industries. Using a conjoint experiment, we examine
the public preference for EV subsidies in the U.S. and
Japan.,. In the U.S., there is a concern that EV subsidies help the high-income
(i.e., individual-focused concerns), while the prevailing concern in Japan is
whether they favor foreign companies which are the first movers in the EV
industry (i.e., industry-focused concerns). We embed a vignette experiment
within the conjoint experiment to prime the respondents with individual- and
industry-focused distributional concerns. In both countries, regardless of the
priming they received, our respondents favor universalistic subsidies that are
inclusive of the high-income and luxury/foreign cars to subsidies that are more
progressively targeted (i.e., exclusive of the rich and luxury cars) or
favoring domestic firms. As such, recent EV policy discourse centering on
distributional politics does not appear to reflect public opinion.