The proposals for a European tax on CO 2 and their implications for intercountry distribution
Padilla, Emilio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Roca Jusmet, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)

Date:	2004
Abstract:	This paper analyzes the advantages and implications of the implementation of a European tax on carbon dioxide emissions as an own resource of the EU and it focuses on its effects on intercountry distribution. In contrast to a harmonized tax, which would only have distributive effects within each member state, a tax collected at European scale would also have important distributive effects among different countries. These effects would also depend on the use of tax revenues. The paper investigates through a simple empirical analysis the distributive effects among the member states of three tax models: a pure CO 2 model; a 50%/50% energy-CO2 model and a CO2 model with a burden on nuclear power.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología BEC2000-415 Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología PB98-0868 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2001-SGR-160
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Carbon tax ; Distributive effects ; Energy tax ; European union ; Inter-country distribution
Published in:	Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 27 (2004) , p. 273-295, ISSN 1573-1502

DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000017654.74722.23

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