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A proposal to correct external effects in the coffee market: a tax on regular coffee and tea to subsidise the fair trade coffee

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  • Galarraga, Ibon
  • Markandya, Anil

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This paper justifies the need to introduce a tax on regular coffee drinkers in the UK to subsidise the fair trade/organic coffee production. This policy will allow to take full account of the negative external effect of regular coffee production while internalising the positive effect of fair trade initiatives. Designing such a policy is possible and the benefits of it can be calculated. This paper shows how. Propuesta para corregir las externalidades en el mercado de café: un impuesto sobre el te y el café regular y una subvención sobre el café de Comercio Justo. El presente artículo justifica la necesidad de introducir un impuesto sobre los consumidores de café y té en el Reino Unido para subvencionar la producción de café orgánico y de Comercio Justo. La propuesta permite corregir los efectos externos negativos que se generan en el proceso de producción del café a la vez que sirve para internalizar las externalidades o efectos positivos de los cultivos de café de Comercio Justo. El trabajo muestra que el diseño de esta política es factible y que los beneficios resultantes de ponerla en práctica pueden ser debidamente calculados. Palabras clave: mercado café, mercado justo

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  • Galarraga, Ibon & Markandya, Anil, 2006. "A proposal to correct external effects in the coffee market: a tax on regular coffee and tea to subsidise the fair trade coffee," Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Spanish Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 6(12), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:earnsa:7991
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7991
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