Ladoux, Norbert and Scasny, Milan (2014) Energy Price and Redistribution in Czech Republic. TSE Working Paper, n. 14-527

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Abstract

This paper studies environmental taxation in a Mirrlees setting when energy, a polluting good, is used both as a factor of production and a final consumption good. The model is calibrated for the Czech economy. We study two different tax systems. Both consider a non-linear income tax but the first one considers a linear energy tax, while the second one allows for a non-linear taxation of energy. We show that: (i) households' energy consumption should be subsidized except if the environmental external costs of energy consumption are sufficiently high (ii) The subsidy applied to energy consumption should decrease with income.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: May 2014
Uncontrolled Keywords: energy tax, Pigouvian tax, redistributive concerns
JEL Classification: H21 - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2015 14:50
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:49
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:28550
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/16593
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