By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...

This study addresses environmental tax reforms in a many-person economy. Starting from a situation of uniform commodity taxation, a tax reform raising the tax on a good complementary to leisure or on a good that is environmentally harmful may be seen as welfare-improving as long as environmental...