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Carbon Taxation and Greenflation- Evidence from Europe and Canada

Maximilian Konradt and Beatrice Weder di Mauro ()
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Beatrice Weder di Mauro: IHEID, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/academic-departments/international-economics

No 17-2021, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: This paper studies the effects of carbon pricing on inflation dynamics. We construct a sample of carbon taxes implemented in Europe and Canada over three decades and estimate the response of inflation and price components to carbon pricing. Our empirical results suggest that carbon taxes did not significantly increase inflation, with dynamic effects estimated around zero in most specifications. Instead we find support for relative price changes, increasing the cost of energy but leaving the price of other goods and services unaffected. This is consistent with previous findings on the limited aggregate economic costs of carbon taxes. Based on the cross-section of taxes in Europe, we provide suggestive evidence that the response of inflation was especially muted in countries with revenue-neutral carbon taxes and autonomous central banks that can accommodate potential inflationary pressure associated with carbon pricing.

Keywords: Climate policy; Carbon taxes; Carbon pricing; Inflation; Monetary policy; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E50 Q43 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2021-08-12, Revised 2022-12-25
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