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

David Klenert and Linus Mattauch

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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: D3 D60 E62 H22 H23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-08-03
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Journal Article: How to make a carbon tax reform progressive: The role of subsistence consumption (2016)
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