Abstract
Environmental taxes and green tax reforms are increasingly seen as powerful tools for promoting a transition to sustainable economies [...]
Highlights
Within the first group of papers, the author of Contribution 1 analyzes the optimal environmental tax rate to address local air pollution
The optimal environmental tax rate in a city should respond to internal shocks as well as to those taking place in the neighboring city—it should be counter-cyclical to the economic cycle of the former to optimize emigration
It is easier for the regulator to promote abatement through tax deduction when consumers show great environmental concern and companies face price-sensitive markets, in which case the regulator can achieve an increase in social welfare
Summary
Labeaga 1,* and Xavier Labandeira 2 1 Departamento de Teoría Económica y Economía Matemática, UNED, Senda del Rey 11, 28040 Another three papers aim to describe and analyze a number of existing environmental taxes, whereas the remaining ones consider the different effects of hypothetical environmental taxes and reform packages. Within the first group of papers, the author of Contribution 1 analyzes the optimal environmental tax rate to address local air pollution.
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