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Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes

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  • ten Raa, Thijs
  • Stahlie, Rob

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We show that the incidence of emission taxes on consumer income classes is proportional to the footprints of their respective consumption bundles. The dimensions of the footprints are industry by product, but the literature employs industry-by-industry input-output coefficients. We rectify footprint analysis by returning to the underlying national accounts, the use and make tables. Bringing in budget shares data of the different income classes (Engel curves), we show that the carbon dioxide footprint per euro expenditure decreases with income in the Netherlands. Our result renders an emission tax regressive and thus implies a tradeoff between environmental and income policies.

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  • ten Raa, Thijs & Stahlie, Rob, 2024. "Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:224:y:2024:i:c:s0921800924001113
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108214
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    Keywords

    Footprint analysis; Engel curves; Emission taxes; Regressivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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