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From Tax Incidence to Emission Reduction: The Pass-through of Air Passenger Taxes

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  • Wozny, Florian, 2025. "From Tax Incidence to Emission Reduction: The Pass-through of Air Passenger Taxes," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325370, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects

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