The distributional aspects of a tax on externalities

Efraim Sadka

doi:10.1016/S0014-2921(80)80006-7

The distributional aspects of a tax on externalities

Efraim Sadka^*

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School of Economics

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This paper studies the distributional effect of taxes and subsidies on consumption externalities. It is well known that a Pigouvian excise tax need be imposed on external diseconomies if the competitive equilibrium is to be Pareto-optimal. The focus of this paper is an examination of whether these taxes enhance a Pareto-improvement with respect to the pre-tax equilibrium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	353-359
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(80)80006-7
State	Published - 1980

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