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Pollution, Capital Mobility and Tax Policies with Unemployment

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  • Nikos Tsakiris
  • Panos Hatzipanayotou
  • Michael S. Michael

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In this paper we highlight aspects related to the links among unemployment, international capital mobility, and tax policies in a small open developing economy. Without international capital mobility, the joint optimal trade and environmental policies require a zero tariff and an emission tax lower than the Pigouvian tax. With international capital mobility and a capital tax (subsidy), the optimal emission tax rate is smaller (larger) compared to the rate when capital is untaxed. When both the emission tax and the capital tax/subsidy are jointly chosen optimally, then the optimal policy on capital is a lower subsidy, or even a tax, compared to the standard capital subsidy of the no pollution case.

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  • Nikos Tsakiris & Panos Hatzipanayotou & Michael S. Michael, 2008. "Pollution, Capital Mobility and Tax Policies with Unemployment," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(2), pages 223-236, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:12:y:2008:i:2:p:223-236
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2007.00383.x
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