https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/maximilian-konradt/Maximilian KonradtHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/the-unequal-costs-of-carbon-pricing-economic-and-political-effects-across-european-regions/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/the-unequal-costs-of-carbon-pricing-economic-and-political-effects-across-european-regions/<p>This paper asks whether carbon pricing through the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) imposes economic costs that are unequally distributed across European regions, and whether those economic costs translate into political costs in the form of votes for extremist and populist parties. The motivation is both practical — political opposition has blocked or rolled back climate policies in several countries — and analytical: no prior study had systematically estimated the political consequences of carbon pricing at the subnational level.</p>