Assessing vulnerability of selected sectors under environmental tax reform: the issue of pricing power

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Assessing vulnerability of selected sectors under environmental tax reform: the issue of pricing power

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John FitzGerald
Mary Keeney
Sue Scott

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Environmental tax reform could bear heavily on manufacturing sectors that are energy intensive and highly traded, in particular if their options for adapting technology are limited. However, to the extent that such sectors can pass on the cost of the environmental taxes through higher prices charged to their customers, they will not suffer a lasting drop in profitability or output. To assess pricing power in key sectors, a model of long-run price setting behaviour is specified and tested. Significant and plausible results emerged from this exercise. Of the six sectors analysed, the Basic metals sector revealed least pricing power and, hence, greatest vulnerability, and the Non-metallic minerals sector revealed most pricing power. The results indicated that the world price, proxied by the US price, was less of a constraint than the EU price, proxied by the German price. Thus, international competitiveness fears are reduced not just where there is good potential for adapting technology but also if application of environmental tax reform is EU-wide.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

Volume (Year): 52 (2009)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
Pages: 413-433
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- John Fitz Gerald & Susan Scott & Mary Keeney, 2007. "Assessing Vulnerability of Selected Sectors Under Environmental Tax Reform: The Issue of Pricing Power," Papers WP222, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]

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