Skip to content
Matrix Global Advisors
Matrix Global Advisors
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Our Work
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • News
  • Our Work
  • Contact
Jan292018
Op-Eds

The Partisan Divide Over the Carbon Tax is all Smoke

Alex Brill and Scott Ganz | Real Clear Policy

Republican lawmakers who oppose a carbon tax are usually motivated by a belief that their constituents will get a raw deal. But standard political commentary on carbon taxation focuses on the higher costs for goods such as gasoline and electricity. Looking at who wins and who loses from a revenue-neutral carbon tax — one that also cuts existing taxes on work — yields a very different answer.

Even still, Republicans often suspect that they would end up on the short end of the stick, losing more politically from the carbon tax than they would gain from the tax cut. Our research suggests that these fears are misplaced by showing how a carbon tax could, in fact, help the GOP’s electoral map.

Read Here

January 29, 2018Category: Op-Eds

Post navigation

PreviousPrevious post:The Political Economy of a Carbon Tax: A County-By-County InvestigationNextNext post:FDA Should Approve Less Harmful Alternatives to Cigarettes
  • Analysis(29)
  • Books(2)
  • Events(13)
  • Interviews(37)
  • News(46)
  • Op-Eds(63)
  • Press Releases(2)
  • Testimony(19)
  • Alex Brill Talks Trade Disruption Due to Suez Canal Blockage on i24 News
    March 31, 2021
  • Alex Brill Featured in Foundation for Economic Education Article
    March 26, 2021
  • U.S. Spending and Tax Policy After the COVID Recessions: Political Economy Podcast
    March 24, 2021
  • Alex Brill Testifies Before U.S. Senate on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices
    March 23, 2021

Website Design and Developed by DreamBig Creative