Data for the Diminishing Returns in Climate Policy: Conditional Effectiveness of Fossil Fuel Taxes in OECD Countries

This dataset contains panel data for 38 OECD countries from 2008 to 2022, used in the study "The Law of Diminishing Returns in Climate Policy: Conditional Effectiveness of Fossil Fuel Taxes in OECD Countries". Variables include: CO₂ emissions (thousand tonnes CO₂e) Fossil fuel tax revenue (% of GDP) GDP per capita (constant 2010 USD) Green innovation index (OECD RTA) Population, industrial structure (% GDP) Crude oil prices (constant 2010 USD) Policy dummies (Paris Agreement, ETS, EU membership) Data sources: OECD Data Explorer, World Bank WDI, U.S. BLS