Research Insights: What Role Does Trust in Government Play in Support for Public Policies to Improve Air Pollution?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Oct 2021
Publication
Subject
Air Quality;
Political Trust;
Trust;
Public Service;
Taxation;
Quality Management;
Public Expenditure;
Public Policy;
Public Good
JEL code
Q53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling;
Q52 - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs • Distributional Effects • Employment Effects;
Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth;
H23 - Externalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and Subsidies;
H41 - Public Goods;
H42 - Publicly Provided Private Goods
Country
Mexico
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
Trust in government and the perceived quality of public services are positively correlated with support for an additional tax to improve air quality. Trust in government and the perceived quality of public services are positively correlated with a preference for government retention of revenue from fees collected from polluting firms as opposed to distribution of revenue directly to citizens. Trust in government and the perceived quality of public services are not significantly correlated with citizens preferences on the allocation of those revenues between public spending and private goods.
