Distributional effects of carbon pricing in Germany Malte Preuss, Wolf Heinrich Reuter, Christoph M. Schmidt
By: Preuss, Malte
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Contributor(s): Reuter, Wolf Heinrich | Schmidt, Christopher M.
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ArticlePublisher: 2021Subject(s): CARBON | IMPUESTOS | PRECIOS | INCIDENCIA Y TRASLACION | REGRESIVIDAD DEL IMPUESTO | POLITICA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE | ALEMANIA
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FinanzArchiv v. 77, n. 3, September 2021, p. 287-316Summary: Using detailed German survey data on the consumption expenditure of households, we look at the distributional effects of a uniform carbon price. While carbon pricing itself results in a regressive effect, various strategies for redistributing the ensuing revenues could reverse this result, generating a progressive effect. The combined effect is less progressive if the revenue is used to reduce electricity taxes – which would spur the desired electrification of the energy system – and more progressive if it is used for per capita lump-sum transfers. However, adjustments to the German income support system could even out these differences.
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Using detailed German survey data on the consumption expenditure of households, we look at the distributional effects of a uniform carbon price. While carbon pricing itself results in a regressive effect, various strategies for redistributing the ensuing revenues could reverse this result, generating a progressive effect. The combined effect is less progressive if the revenue is used to reduce electricity taxes – which would spur the desired electrification of the energy system – and more progressive if it is used for per capita lump-sum transfers. However, adjustments to the German income support system could even out these differences.
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