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The optimal fuel and emission tax combination for life-cycle emissions under imperfect competition

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  • Hiroaki Ino

    (School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University)

  • Toshihiro Matsumura

    (Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)

Abstract

This study examines the optimal combination of emission and fuel taxes for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a monopoly market. Greenhouse gases are emitted during both production and consumption stages (life-cycle emissions). We present two cases in which a government should impose an additional strictly positive fuel tax, even when an optimal emission tax is introduced: the case of consumers selecting the fuel consumption and case of a producer selecting fuel efficiency endogenously. The results imply that a government may maintain fuel taxes even after introducing an effective emission tax and be able to construct a socially desirable tax structure by using existing taxes.

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  • Hiroaki Ino & Toshihiro Matsumura, 2023. "The optimal fuel and emission tax combination for life-cycle emissions under imperfect competition," Discussion Paper Series 243, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, revised Apr 2023.
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    Keywords

    fuel tax; emission tax; carbon pricing; heterogeneous consumers; vehicle industry;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation

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