Carbon Pricing in Finland: Balancing policy goals

Paukku Eelis ()
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Paukku Eelis: University of Lapland: Lapin Yliopisto, Lapland, Finland

Nordic Tax Journal, 2023, vol. 2023, issue 1, 76-95

Abstract: This study discusses the role and development of carbon pricing via taxation by using Finland as a case example of several issues with carbon taxation. Carbon taxation and carbon pricing face some major problems, mainly competitiveness and social issues. Although Finland was one of the first countries to adopt carbon-based energy taxation, these problems shaped the tax system in a way that could even be described as “avoiding carbon pricing”. This study provides new insights on how to develop carbon taxation and how to overcome major problems related to commonly known problems with carbon pricing.

Keywords: Carbon tax; environmental tax; carbon pricing; energy tax; tax policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/ntaxj-2023-0006

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