In the transition to a more sustainable food system, consumption taxes on meat have recently been under consideration in several European countries. However, a major concern is that their burden might fall disproportionately on poor households. We analyse this concern by comparing different meat...

Many individuals have empathetic feelings towards animals but frequently consume meat. We investigate this "meat paradox" using insights from the literature on motivated reasoning in moral dilemmata. We develop a model where individuals form self-serving beliefs about the suffering of animals...