Green Transition in the Euro Area: Domestic and Global Factors

Pablo Garcia Sanchez, Pascal Jacquinot, ÄŒrt LenarÄ iÄ, Kostas(Konstantinos) Mavromatis, Niki Papadopoulou and Niki Papadopoulou
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Abstract: We analyze the economic impact of the green transition in the euro area by extending the Euro Area and Global Economy (EAGLE) model with green and brown energy sectors. Energy goods are consumed as final goods by households and as inputs by intermediate goods firms. A carbon tax manifests itself as an adverse cost-push shock. Without subsidies to green energy firms, the green transition is limited to household expenditure switching towards green energy goods. When authorities direct subsidies to green energy firms a strong supply effect in the market for green energy is triggered lowering its price and boosting the intermediate good sector’s demand for green energy inputs. When carbon taxes are raised globally, the recession in the euro area deepens while inflationary pressures amplify, triggered partly by a weakening of the euro. Taxes on brown capital investment are also contractionary but lead to a decline in inflation. In this case, subsidies to investment in green capital can mitigate the recession and are essential to trigger a switch towards green energy consumption goods and inputs.

Keywords: climate policy; Carbon Taxation; Monetary Policy; Fiscal Policy; Euro Area; DSGE modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C53 E32 E52 F45 H30 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10
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