This study develops a theoretical general equilibrium model to examine optimal externality tax policy in the presence of externalities linked to one another through markets rather than technical production relationships. Analytical results reveal that the second-best externality tax rate may be...

This study develops a theoretical general equilibrium model to examine optimal externality tax policy in the presence of externalities linked to one another through markets rather than technical production relationships. Analytical results reveal that the second-best externality tax rate may be...

Dieses Buch zeigt neue Wege zur Ausgestaltung der Einkommens- und Unternehmensbesteuerung auf. Die ökonomischen Konsequenzen der vorgeschlagenen Konzepte werden anhand von Simulationsrechnungen für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland dargestellt. Untersuchungsgegenstand ist hierbei zum einen die...

This chapter examines government policy alternatives for protecting the environment. We compare environmentally motivated taxes and various non-tax environmental policy instruments in terms of their efficiency and distributional impacts. Much of the analysis is performed in a second-best setting...