Boon or bane? On productivity and environmental regulation

Philipp R. Steinbrunner ()
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Philipp R. Steinbrunner: University of Turin

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2022, vol. 24, issue 3, No 3, 365-396

Abstract: Abstract As climate change has gained more attention in the last decade, effects of environmental regulation on productivity are important to design green tax reforms. This study examines the impacts of environmental taxes and spillovers on technical efficiency, using data on Central European manufacturing firms, from 2009 to 2017. The results highlight strong effects of environmental taxation on productivity. Besides, downstream energy taxation does not affect productivity, while upstream taxes decrease technical efficiency. Downstream pollution taxation decreases productivity, whereas upstream taxation spurs technical efficiency. This study contributes to the literature by investigating heterogeneous tax effects across industries, involving tax spillovers and considering endogeneity issues.

Keywords: Economic regulation; Environmental taxes and subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10018-021-00325-7

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