Efficiency and equity aspects of energy taxation

Arbeitspapier

We analyse the distributional effects of increased oil excises in Belgium by combining a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model with the EUROMOD microsimulation framework that exploits the rich detail of household-level data. The link between the CGE model and the micro level is top-down, feeding changes in commodity prices, factor returns and employment by sector into a non-behavioural microsimulation. The results suggest that policymakers face an equity-efficiency trade-off driven by the choice of revenue recycling options. Distributional effects of the environmental tax reform appear to depend strongly on changes in factor prices and welfare payments.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: EUROMOD Working Paper ; No. EM12/13

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Computable General Equilibrium Models ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; Taxation and Subsidies: Incidence ; Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; Energy and the Macroeconomy
• Thema: Energy policy ; income distribution ; CGE ; microsimulation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Vandyck, Toon
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Colchester
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91651
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ