Green fiscal reform for a just energy transition in Latin America

Michael Jakob, Rafael Soria, Carlos Trinidad, Ottmar Edenhofer, Céline Bak, Daniel Bouille, Daniel Buira, Hernan Carlino, Veronica Gutman, Christian Hübner, Brigitte Knopf, André Lucena, Luan Santos, Andrew Scott, Jan Christoph Steckel, Kanako Tanaka, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Koichi Yamada

Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This outlook article provides an overview of the major challenges for the successful implementation of such reforms and discusses how they could be overcome.

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Year of publication:	March 7, 2019
Authors:	Jakob, Michael ; Soria, Rafael ; Trinidad Alvarado, Carlos ; Edenhofer, Ottmar ; Bak, Céline ; Bouille, Daniel ; Buira, Daniel ; Carlino, Hernan ; Gutman, Veronica ; Hübner, Christian ; Knopf, Brigitte ; Lucena, André F. P. ; Silva, Luan Carlos Santos ; Scott, Andrew ; Steckel, Jan Christoph ; Tanaka, Kanako ; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien ; Yamada, Koichi
Publisher:	[Kiel] : [Kiel Inst. for the World Economy]
Subject:	Green fiscal reform \| energy subsidies \| Latin America \| multi-objective climate policy \| sequencing \| distribution \| Lateinamerika \| Finanzreform \| Fiscal reform \| Energiepolitik \| Energy policy \| Ökosteuer \| Environmental tax \| Welt \| World \| Finanzpolitik \| Fiscal policy \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Sustainable development \| Treibhausgas-Emissionen \| Greenhouse gas emissions \| Steuerreform \| Tax reform \| Subvention \| Subsidy \| Klimapolitik \| Climate policy \| Nachhaltige Energieversorgung \| Sustainable energy supply

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (11 Seiten)
Series:	Economics : the open-access, open-assessment journal. - Berlin : DeGruyter, ISSN 1864-6042, ZDB-ID 2324918-3. - Vol. vol. 13, 2019-17
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2019-17 [DOI] hdl:10419/193911 [Handle]
Classification:	H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; E62 - Fiscal Policy; Public Expenditures, Investment, and Finance; Taxation ; Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters ; N16 - Latin America; Caribbean ; Q48 - Government Policy
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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