Navigation auf zora.uzh.ch

Search ZORA

ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive)

Migration von ZORA auf die Software DSpace

ZORA will change to a new software on 8th September 2025. Please note: deadline for new submissions is 21th July 2025!

Information & dates for training courses can be found here: Information on Software Migration.

Environmental Tax Reform: Efficiency and Political Feasibility

Felder, Stefan; Schleiniger, Reto (1999). Environmental Tax Reform: Efficiency and Political Feasibility. Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics No. 13, University of Zurich.

Abstract

Command-and-control measures, despite their inefficiencies, are still the standard in environmental policy. This might be due to the fact that command-and-control instruments prevent monetary redistribution between sectors and households and leave property rights on remaining pollution with the emittents. The present paper interprets the no-redistribution policy as a political constraint and investigates on more efficient alternatives to command-and-control, using a computable general equilibrium model for Switzerland. Simulation results render schemes that refund environmental tax revenues by a sector-by-sector-subsidy on labor or output as welfare enhancing.

Additional indexing

Item Type:Working Paper
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics
Working Paper Series > Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (former)
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Scope:Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
Language:English
Date:July 1999
Deposited On:29 Nov 2011 19:45
Last Modified:08 Mar 2024 13:52
Series Name:Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics
ISSN:1424-0459
OA Status:Green
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:5842

Metadata Export

Statistics

Downloads

1070 downloads since deposited on 29 Nov 2011
16 downloads since 12 months
Detailed statistics

Authors, Affiliations, Collaborations

Similar Publications