Emission Taxes and Optimal Refunding Schemes with Endogenous Market Structure
Emission Taxes and Optimal Refunding Schemes with Endogenous Market Structure
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DOI:
10.1007/s10640-009-9340-2
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发表时间:
2010-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Sususmu Cato
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作者:
Sususmu Cato
The purpose of this paper is to investigate optimal schemes for refunding the emission tax in a free-entry market where the production process generates emissions. We consider the regulation by a three-part tax policy: the government sets an emission tax, a refunding scheme, and an entry-license tax. In contrast to the case of the two-part tax-refund policy under no entry, we show that even if it is impossible to obtain subsidies from outside, the first-best outcome is always attained. Further, the government’s budget constraint is binding under the optimal schemes. Our result implies that the tax-refund system works effectively in a market with endogenous entry.