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policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus … the redistribution effects of two major electricity policies: support schemes for renewable energy sources, and CO2 … pricing. We find that the redistribution effects of both policies are large, and they work in opposed directions: while …
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We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by …-efficient households if and only if social inequality aversion is sufficiently high. We further find that redistribution of carbon tax …
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Exemptions from costly policy measures are frequently applied to alleviate financial burdens to specific market participants. Using a stated-choice experiment with around 6,000 German household heads, we test how exemptions for lowincome households and energy-intensive companies influence the...
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pro-environment and trust the government. Second, when restricted to options for direct revenue redistribution, Germans … befürworten. Betrachten wir ausschließlich direkte Formen der Umverteilung der Einnahmen an die Bevölkerung, zeigt sich, dass die …
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carbon emission reduction than redistribution (inequality reduction by transfers). However, those countries who contribute …-distribution decreases or does not affect the carbon emissions of the biggest global polluters. Redistribution, on the other hand, exhibits …
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Launched in March 2010 by the European Commission, the Europe 2020 strategy aims at achieving “smart, sustainable and inclusive” growth. This growth is intended to be driven by three sets of engines: knowledge and innovation, a greener and more efficient use of resources and higher...
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This paper studies the design of sin taxes when firms exercise market power. We outline an optimal tax framework that highlights how market power impacts the efficiency and redistributive properties of sin taxation, and quantify these effects in an application to sugar-sweetened beverage...
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Specialized theoretical and empirical research should in principle be embedded in a unified framework that identifies the relevant interactions among different phenomena, enables an appropriate matching of policy instruments to objectives, and grounds normative analysis in individuals' utilities...
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This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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