Vertical fiscal externalities and the environment

Christoph Böhringer, Nicholas Rivers and Hidemichi Yonezawa

No 43 / 2014, ZenTra Working Papers in Transnational Studies from ZenTra - Center for Transnational Studies

Abstract: We show that imposition of a state-level environmental tax in a federation crowds out preexisting federal taxes. We explain how this vertical fiscal externality can lead unilateral statelevel environmental policy to generate a welfare gain in the implementing state, at the expense of other states. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Canadian federation, we show that vertical fiscal externalities can be the major determinant of the welfare change following environmental policy implementation by a state government. Our numerical simulations indicate that - as a consequence of vertical fiscal externalities - state governments can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 20 percent without any net cost to themselves.Length: 47 pages

Keywords: fiscal externality; climate policy; federalism; computable general equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11
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