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Espinosa, Romain
and Treich, Nicolas
(2024)
The Animal-Welfare Levy.
TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1503, Toulouse
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Abstract
We provide a non-anthropocentric rationale for implementing a levy on meat consumption due to animal-welfare considerations. It operates as a Pigouvian tax and addresses externalities on farmed animals. Under total utilitarianism, the levy is a subsidy when an animal’s life is worth living, and a tax when it is not. Under average utilitarianism, it is always a tax when human welfare exceeds animal welfare. Even under conservative assumptions, calibrated tax levels are substantial and would make most-intensive animal farms unprofitable. Taxes are significantly higher for chickens and pigs than for cows, in contrast to the taxation of other meat externalities.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | January 2024 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animal welfare, meat, Pigouvian taxation, utilitarianism, life worth, living, quality-adjusted life years, population ethics. |
| JEL Classification: | H41 - Public Goods I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Living Standards; Quality of Life; Happiness Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy Q50 - General |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2024 10:16 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2024 10:16 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:129033 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/48572 |
