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The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Agricultural Trade

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  • Brandon Schaufele

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type="main" xml:lang="fr"> Dans la présente étude, nous examinons les répercussions qu'une taxe sur le carbone existante exerce sur le commerce international du secteur agricole. Le 1-super-er juillet 2008, la Colombie-Britannique a assujetti unilatéralement tous les combustibles fossiles utilisés sur son territoire à une taxe sur le carbone. En 2012, la province a accordé une exonération de cette taxe à certaines activités agricoles. Un examen des flux commerciaux de certaines marchandises de base ainsi que des variations interprovinciales et inter-temporelles fournit peu d’éléments voulant que la taxe sur le carbone entraîne des répercussions importantes sur le commerce agricole malgré le fait que le gouvernement de cette province ait qualifié le secteur comme étant «à risque». Les résultats de notre étude permettent de penser qu'il n'existe aucune raison impérieuse d'appuyer l'exonération de cette taxe au secteur agricole. Nous avons également abordé la question des solutions politiques qui pourraient atténuer les répercussions potentielles de la taxe sur la rentabilité et la compétitivité internationale des entreprises.

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  • Nicholas Rivers & Brandon Schaufele, 2015. "The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Agricultural Trade," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 63(2), pages 235-257, June.
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