Swedish Transport Sector CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax Impact Analysis

An empirical analysis of the causal effect of a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions in Sweden during the early 1990s. The dataset, associated with a paper by Julius Andersson, likely contains variables for measuring emissions reductions and tax elasticity. It was sourced from the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Estimate carbon tax elasticity of demand for gasoline based on the quasi-experimental study described.
• Model emission reductions from transport sectors based on the reported 11 percentage point average annual reduction.
• Compare price elasticity and carbon tax elasticity effects on fuel demand as referenced in the findings.
• Conduct synthetic control analyses for environmental policy evaluation based on the methodological description.

Strengths

• Based on a quasi-experimental study design, which suggests a causal inference approach.
• Findings include specific quantitative results, such as an 11 percentage point average annual emissions reduction.
• Analysis distinguishes between the effects of a carbon tax and a value-added tax.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the single-country, historical study.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Collection Method

Quasi-experimental study of tax implementation in Sweden, as described in the associated paper.

Time Range

Early 1990s

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Sweden