A new carbon tax in Portugal: A missed opportunity to achieve the triple dividend?
A new carbon tax in Portugal: A missed opportunity to achieve the triple dividend?
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10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.002
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2016-06
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9
通讯作者：
A. Pereira;R. Pereira;Pedro G. Rodrigues
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作者：
A. Pereira;R. Pereira;Pedro G. Rodrigues
2014年，葡萄牙政府任命了一个环境税改革委员会，该委员会制定了一项旨在实现三大红利的碳税提案：帮助葡萄牙实现欧盟2030年减排目标，促进长期就业和GDP高于碳税前水平，并通过降低公共债务来加强公共财政。这一提议的一个关键特征是一套明智的混合战略，将所有碳税收入重新循环到经济中。在这篇文章中，我们展示了葡萄牙议会最终批准的碳税是如何偏离这些指导方针的，最终未能实现三重红利。我们认为，当局需要迅速修改现有的立法，以避免这种错误的尝试变成一个错失的机会，以改善环境，宏观经济和财政结果。
In 2014, the Portuguese government appointed a Commission for Environmental Tax Reform that formulated a carbon-tax proposal designed to achieve three dividends: to help Portugal meet the European Union's target for emissions reductions by 2030, to boost long-term employment and GDP above their pre-carbon-tax levels, and to strengthen public finances by lowering public indebtedness. A key feature of this proposal was a judicious set of mixed strategies to recycle all carbon-tax revenues back into the economy. In this note, we show how the carbon tax that the Portuguese Parliament eventually approved deviated from such guidelines, and ultimately failed to achieve the triple dividend. We argue that authorities need to quickly amend the existing legislation to avoid this misguided attempt turning into a missed opportunity to improve environmental, macroeconomic, and fiscal outcomes.