Regressivity of environmental taxation: myth or reality?
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Keywords
European Union; taxation; environmental taxes; redistribution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2012-07-01 (Accounting and Auditing)
- NEP-EEC-2012-07-01 (European Economics)
- NEP-ENE-2012-07-01 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2012-07-01 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2012-07-01 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-PBE-2012-07-01 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2012-07-01 (Public Finance)
- NEP-RES-2012-07-01 (Resource Economics)
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