Who bears the economic costs of environmental regulations

"Public economics has a well-developed literature on tax incidence – the ultimate burdens from tax policy. This literature is used here to describe not only the distributional effects of environmental taxes or subsidies but also the likely incidence of non-tax regulations, energy efficiency sta...

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Main Authors: Fullerton, Don, Muehlegger, Erich
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Munich 2017
CESifo
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19394171124911123539-Who-bears-the-economic-costs-o.htm
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Muehlegger, Erich
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description "Public economics has a well-developed literature on tax incidence – the ultimate burdens from tax policy. This literature is used here to describe not only the distributional effects of environmental taxes or subsidies but also the likely incidence of non-tax regulations, energy efficiency standards, or other environmental mandates. Recent papers find that mandates can be more regressive than carbon taxes. We also describe how the distributional effects of such policies can be altered by various market conditions such as limited factor mobility, trade exposure, evasion, corruption, or imperfect competition. Finally, we review data on carbon-intensity of production and exports around the world in order to describe implications for effects of possible carbon taxation on countries with different levels of income per capita."
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physical 32 p.
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publishDate 2017
publisher Munich
CESifo
spellingShingle Fullerton, Don
Muehlegger, Erich
fiscal policy
environmental policy
gas emission
taxation
cost
Who bears the economic costs of environmental regulations
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title Who bears the economic costs of environmental regulations
topic fiscal policy
environmental policy
gas emission
taxation
cost
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19394171124911123539-Who-bears-the-economic-costs-o.htm