Raising the cost of carbon is critical for effective climate policy, but is politically challenging because the public are averse to costs. Conventional wisdom suggests this could be addressed by giving the public time to adjust by gradually increasing costs. However, new research shows that the public actually prefers a constant cost curve.

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偏好固定成本

提高碳的成本对于有效的气候政策至关重要，但在政治上却具有挑战性，因为公众不愿承担成本。传统观点认为，可以通过给公众时间逐步增加成本来进行调整来解决这一问题。但是，新的研究表明，公众实际上更喜欢恒定的成本曲线。