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Trust in Government and Its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Public Acceptability for Carbon Tax in Malaysia

dc.contributor.authorIzlawanie Muhammaden_US
dc.contributor.authorNorfakhirah Nazihah Mohd Hasnuen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Adha Ibrahimen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuhaila Abdul Hamiden_US
dc.contributor.authorMustafa Mohd Hanefahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T02:27:20Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T02:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.submitted2023-1-19
dc.descriptionVolume: 14 Issue: 23en_US
dc.description.abstractTrust in government is a significant factor influencing the public acceptability of environmental tax. Without trust, implementing and sustaining a new tax policy is challenging due to public resistance. However, gaining trust from the public is even more challenging in developing countries where corruption is a common issue. Despite the risk of policy rejection, many developing countries, including Malaysia, are adopting the carbon tax as a policy to reduce carbon emissions. This has raised the question of the impact of trust in the government on public acceptability for carbon tax implementation in Malaysia. Another critical concern is identifying the predictors of trust in government, to which researchers have given less attention. Three main features of good governance—accountability, integrity, and competence—were examined as the predictors of trust in government. A nationwide survey in Malaysia was conducted using an online questionnaire, and 566 respondents completed the survey. The data were analysed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) via Amos. The results show that trust in the government is influenced by the government’s accountability, integrity, and competence. In contrast with many past studies, trust in the government does not influence Malaysian acceptance behaviour. Instead, only the government’s accountability influences the acceptance of carbon tax implementation among the public. The public is concerned about the government’s spending; hence, the government must be transparent in its spending and redistributing the tax revenue to the public must be the top priority to gain public trust in implementing a carbon tax policy.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuhammad, I.; Mohd Hasnu, N.N.; Ibrahim, M.A.; Abdul Hamid, S.; Mohd Hanefah, M. Trust in Government and Its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Public Acceptability for Carbon Tax in Malaysia. Sustainability 2022, 14, 15684. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su142315684en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su142315684
dc.identifier.epage12
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.issue15684
dc.identifier.spage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/23/15684
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/10684
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjecttrust in government; trust; carbon tax; Malaysia; public acceptability; carbon pricing; accountability; integrity; competence; environmental taxen_US
dc.titleTrust in Government and Its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Public Acceptability for Carbon Tax in Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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