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Protektionismus schadet der Umwelt: der Markt für Bioethanol sollte liberalisiert werden

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  • Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg

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The Swiss authorities plan to reduce the currently excessively high taxes on bioethanol. We argue that a fair tax treatment of ecological fuels could lead to a rapid development in their use in the next few years. For this to be the case, Switzerland would however have to open up its market to international competition. Instead the authorities plan to protect domestic producers. Domestically produced ethanol is 4 times more expensive than imports from Brazil. Brazilian ethanol also has a much superior balance in terms of greenhouses gases. The plans of the Swiss government are thus uneconomical, unethical and unecological.

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  • Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg, 2004. "Protektionismus schadet der Umwelt: der Markt für Bioethanol sollte liberalisiert werden," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie 04.16, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie.
    • Handle: RePEc:lau:crdeep:04.16
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    bioethanol; Brazil; greenhouse gases; Switzerland; protectionism;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources

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