Trade liberalization and environmental taxation in federal systems

Arbeitspapier

The literature on trade liberalization and environment has not considered federal structures. This paper shows how the design of environmental policy in a federal system has implications for the effects of trade reform. Trade liberalization leads to a decline in pollution taxes regardless of whether pollution taxes are set at the federal (centralized) or local (decentralized) level, and it increases social welfare. The effect under a decentralized system is smaller than if these taxes are set by the federal government, and pollution emissions therefore decline in this case. Moreover, majority bias interacts with trade liberalization if federal taxes are used.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Research Papers in Economics ; No. 4/14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: trade and environment ; environmental policy ; trade liberalization ; environmental federalism ; political economy ; majority bias ; social welfare

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fredriksson, Per G. ; Matschke, Xenia
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (wo): Trier
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/104557
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ