On Environmental Taxation Under Uncertainty

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On Environmental Taxation Under Uncertainty

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Aronsson, T.
Blomquist, S.

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This paper addresses optimal taxation, when the relationship between consumption and environmental damage is uncertain and treated as a random variable by policy makers. The main purpose is to analyze how additional uncertainty about this relationship affects the optimal unit tax on the consumption good that is causing environmental damage. We find that the optimal response to this tax depends on (i) the attitudes towards risk and (ii) how other policy instruments affect the demand for the good that is causing damage to the environment.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: TAXES ; RISK ; ENVIRONMENT;

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- Blomquist, Sören & Aronsson, Thomas, 1999. "On Environmental Taxation under Uncertainty," Working Paper Series 1999:14, Uppsala University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

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ERKKI Koskela & MARKKU Ollikainen, 1997. "Optimal Design of Forest Taxation with Multiple-Use Characteristics of Forest Stands," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 10(1), pages 41-62, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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