How to make a carbon tax reform progressive: The role of subsistence consumption

David Klenert and Linus Mattauch

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 138, issue C, 100-103

Abstract: This letter analyzes the distributional effects of a carbon tax reform when households must consume carbon-intensive goods above a subsistence level. The reform is progressive if revenues are recycled as uniform lump-sum transfers, in other cases it is regressive.

Keywords: Carbon tax reform; Distribution; Revenue recycling; Inequality; Non-homothetic preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D60 E62 H22 H23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.019

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