IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wfo/monber/y2026i6p305-314.html

Die Agrarumweltpolitik der EU und das Verursacherprinzip

Author

Listed:
  • Hans Pitlik

    (WIFO)

Abstract

Mit der Agrarproduktion sind oft erhebliche Umweltbelastungen verbunden. Während ordnungsrechtliche Vorgaben und Subventionen die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik dominieren, werden Umweltabgaben und Emissionshandelssysteme – trotz ihrer Effizienzvorteile zur Internalisierung externer Kosten – bislang kaum genutzt. Der Beitrag diskutiert die spezifischen Eigenschaften agrarischer Umweltprobleme, vergleicht marktbasierte und regulatorische Instrumente und untersucht die institutionellen und politischen Ursachen der geringen politischen Durchsetzbarkeit von Umweltabgaben und Emissionshandel im Agrarsektor. Abschließend werden Bedingungen erörtert, unter denen eine stärkere Orientierung des Instrumenteneinsatzes am Verursacherprinzip politisch realisierbar werden könnte.

Suggested Citation

  • Hans Pitlik, 2026. "Die Agrarumweltpolitik der EU und das Verursacherprinzip," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 99(6), pages 305-314, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wfo:monber:y:2026:i:6:p:305-314
    Note: With English abstract.
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.wifo.ac.at/?p=450302
    File Function: abstract
    Download Restriction: Payment required
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Matthews Alan, 2024. "Farmer Protests and the 2024 European Parliament Elections," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Paradigm, vol. 59(2), pages 83-87, March.
    2. Jon Birger Skjærseth & Jørgen Wettestad, 2009. "The Origin, Evolution and Consequences of the EU Emissions Trading System," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 9(2), pages 101-122, May.
    3. Robert N. Stavins, 2025. "The Relative Merits of Carbon Pricing Instruments: Taxes versus Trading," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Economics of Environment, Climate Change, and Wine Selected Papers of Robert N Stavins Volume 3 (2011–2023), chapter 12, pages 367-396, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    4. Newell, Richard G & Stavins, Robert N, 2003. "Cost Heterogeneity and the Potential Savings from Market-Based Policies," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 43-59, January.
    5. Elisabeth Christen & Franz Sinabell, 2026. "Externe Kosten der Landwirtschaft: Marktbasierte Instrumente und handelspolitische Flankierung einer Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 99(6), pages 315-324, June.
    6. Lena Maria Schaffer, 2021. "The politics of green taxation," Chapters, in: Lukas Hakelberg & Laura Seelkopf (ed.), Handbook on the Politics of Taxation, chapter 14, pages 208-227, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    7. Magnus Bergquist & Andreas Nilsson & Niklas Harring & Sverker C. Jagers, 2022. "Meta-analyses of fifteen determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 12(3), pages 235-240, March.
    8. Salomon Espinosa Diaz & Francesco Riccioli & Francesco Di Iacovo & Roberta Moruzzo, 2023. "Transaction Costs in Agri-Environment-Climate Measures: A Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-18, May.
    9. Peter Nedergaard, 2006. "Market Failures and Government Failures: A Theoretical Model of the Common Agricultural Policy," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 127(3), pages 385-405, June.
    10. Andrea Baranzini & Stefano Carattini, 2017. "Effectiveness, earmarking and labeling: testing the acceptability of carbon taxes with survey data," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 19(1), pages 197-227, January.
    11. Lakner Sebastian & Röder Norbert, 2024. "Die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik der EU: Flaggschiff-Politik oder ewige Reformruine?," Wirtschaftsdienst, Paradigm, vol. 104(3), pages 159-164, March.
    12. Nicole A. Mathys & Jaime de Melo, 2011. "Political Economy Aspects of Climate Change Mitigation Efforts," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(11), pages 1938-1954, November.
    13. Stavins, Robert, 2004. "Environmental Economics," RFF Working Paper Series dp-04-54, Resources for the Future.
    14. Sommer, Stephan & Mattauch, Linus & Pahle, Michael, 2022. "Supporting carbon taxes: The role of fairness," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    15. Sager, Lutz, 2023. "The global consumer incidence of carbon pricing: Evidence from trade," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(PB).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Elisabeth Christen & Franz Sinabell, 2026. "Externe Kosten der Landwirtschaft: Marktbasierte Instrumente und handelspolitische Flankierung einer Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 99(6), pages 315-324, June.
    2. Wifo, 2026. "WIFO-Monatsberichte, Heft 5/2026," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 99(5), June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Elisabeth Christen & Gabriel Felbermayr & Hans Pitlik & Franz Sinabell, 2026. "Options for Implementing the Polluter Pays Principle in Agriculture. A New Approach for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 66595070.
    2. Sterner, Thomas & Ewald, Jens & Sterner, Erik, 2024. "Economists and the climate," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    3. Jan Behringer & Lukas Endres & Maike Korsinnek, 2025. "Cost perceptions and the support for carbon pricing," IMK Working Paper 226-2025, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    4. Weiner, Csaba & Muth, Dániel & Lakócai, Csaba, 2023. "A szén-dioxid-kibocsátást terhelő adó társadalmi elfogadottsága és a fizetési hajlandóság alakulása Magyarországon [Public acceptance of and willingness to pay for a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions in Hungary]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(10), pages 1077-1107.
    5. Schwarz, Antonia & Stünzi, Anna & Kaestner, Kathrin & Pahle, Michael & Sommer, Stephan, 2026. "Tailored information and the public support for carbon pricing in Germany," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    6. Sommer, Stephan & Konc, Théo & Drews, Stefan, 2023. "How Resilient is Public Support for Carbon Pricing? Longitudinal Evidence from Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 1017, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    7. Fang, Ximeng & Innocenti, Stefania, 2023. "Increasing the acceptability of carbon taxation: The role of social norms and economic reasoning," INET Oxford Working Papers 2023-25, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.
    8. Sommer, Stephan & Konc, Théo & Drews, Stefan, 2026. "How resilient is public support for carbon pricing? Longitudinal evidence from Germany," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
    9. Dütschke, Elisabeth & Preuß, Sabine & Brunzema, Iska & Piria, Raffaele, 2023. "Using the revenues from carbon pricing - Insights into the acceptance and perceptions of particularly burdened groups," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    10. Sandra Bohmann & Lars Felder & Peter Haan & Merve Kucuk, 2026. "Information, Justice and Public Support for Carbon Tax-and-Divided Policies: Experimental Evidence from Germany," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2164, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    11. Kaestner, Kathrin & Sommer, Stephan & Berneiser, Jessica & Henger, Ralph & Oberst, Christian, 2025. "Cost sharing mechanisms for carbon pricing: What drives support in the housing sector?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    12. Stefano Carattini & Andrea Baranzini & Philippe Thalmann & Frédéric Varone & Frank Vöhringer, 2017. "Green Taxes in a Post-Paris World: Are Millions of Nays Inevitable?," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 68(1), pages 97-128, September.
    13. Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, 2022. "Rendre acceptable la nécessaire taxation du carbone. Quelles pistes pour la France ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 15-53.
    14. Yihsu Chen & Jos Sijm & Benjamin Hobbs & Wietze Lise, 2008. "Implications of CO 2 emissions trading for short-run electricity market outcomes in northwest Europe," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 34(3), pages 251-281, December.
    15. Lipari, Francesca & Lázaro-Touza, Lara & Escribano, Gonzalo & Sánchez, Ángel & Antonioni, Alberto, 2024. "When the design of climate policy meets public acceptance: An adaptive multiplex network model," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    16. Ewald, Jens & Sterner, Thomas & Sterner, Erik, 2022. "Understanding the resistance to carbon taxes: Drivers and barriers among the general public and fuel-tax protesters," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    17. repec:osf:socarx:fq4tn_v2 is not listed on IDEAS
    18. Bharadwaj, Preethika & Innocenti, Stefania, 2026. "Securing public support for fuel subsidy reform: Experimental and policymaker insights from Malaysia," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    19. Pitkänen, Atte & von Wright, Tuuli & Kaseva, Janne & Kahiluoto, Helena, 2022. "Distributional fairness of personal carbon trading," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    20. Daniele Malerba, 2022. "The Effects of Social Protection and Social Cohesion on the Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation Policies: What Do We (Not) Know in the Context of Low- and Middle-Income Countries?," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(3), pages 1358-1382, June.
    21. Felix F. Mölk & Gottfried Tappeiner & Janette Walde, 2026. "Impact of policy design and elicitation method on carbon tax acceptability," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 28(2), pages 731-759, April.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wfo:monber:y:2026:i:6:p:305-314. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Florian Mayr (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wifooat.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.