Althammer, Wilhelm and Buchholz, Wolfgang (1999) Distorting environmental taxes: The role of the market structure. JAHRBUCHER FUR NATIONALOKONOMIE UND STATISTIK, 219 (3-4). pp. 257-270. ISSN 0021-4027,
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In economies with perfect competition, environmental tax rates should be set equal to the equilibrium marginal damage. There are two basic reasons to depart from this first best rule: incomplete competition and the possibility of using environmental policy as a strategic trade instrument in open economies. In the first part of this paper, a general model is developed to analyse the interaction between these motives and the sign and size of the resulting distortion. Using this model, the cases typically treated in the literature can be described as special cases of a general formula. The second part of the analysis shows how the industry structure affects the second best choice of the environmental tax.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | STRATEGIC SUBSTITUTES; TRADE; OLIGOPOLY; POLLUTION; POLICY; SUBSIDIES; RIVALRY; environmental taxes; international trade; ecodumping |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Entpflichtete oder im Ruhestand befindliche Professoren > Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, insbesondere Umweltökonomie (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buchholz) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2022 16:01 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2022 16:01 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/49028 |
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