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Inequality, Environmental Protection and Growth

Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

in time. In politico-economic equilibrium, more inequality (in terms of the skewedness of the distribution) yields a …

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Climate policy and inequality in two-dimensional political competition

Marz, Waldemar - 2019

This paper examines how income inequality can affect the polarization of heterogeneous party platforms on climate … distributional implications) and an income tax is combined with a model of a carbonintensive economy. For a higher inequality of pre … equilibrium can increase - even if the income tax is used to counteract the increase in income inequality. This result does not …

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Environmental policy in an integrated world economy

Schulze, Günther G.; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 1998

This paper critically assesses the literature on the relationship between economic integration and the environment. In particular, we investigate how trade liberalisation and capital market integration affect environmental policy and thus environmental quality. Conversely, we also study how...

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Tax competition with asymmetric endowments in fossil resources

Franks, Max; Lessmann, Kai - 2019

This paper contributes to the theoretical understanding of strategic interactions of governments on global factor markets. We analyze carbon taxes and subsidies and their impact on national welfare in a fiscal federalism setting with international markets for capital and fossil resources, and...

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Alternate solutions in mixing energy tax/subsidy and emission control policies

Heydari, Shahriar Shah; Vestergaard, Niels - 2015

In this article, we look at the combination of several market-based climate and energy policies and compare them with first best solution, i.e., a perfectly designed emission tax or emission cap level. It is shown that in the case an emission control policy is imperfect designed or implemented,...

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Anatomy of policy complementarities

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...

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Anatomy of policy complementarities

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

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Chapter 10 Taxation

Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007

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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On the Inefficiency of Inequality

Schiff, Maurice - 2004

depending on other people?s consumption levels and shows that welfare declines with inequality, equilibrium inequality is …

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Optimal taxation when the tax burden matters

Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022

deserve tax breaks. We demonstrate that the German tax-transfer system conflicts with a welfarist inequality averse social … planner. It is consistent with a planner who is averse to both inequality and high tax liabilities. The tax-transfer schedule … European countries and the USA and show that their redistributive systems can be rationalized with an inequality averse social …

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