Intergenerational aspects of ecotax reforms - An application to Germany

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-318

  Habla, Wolfgang ^a   Roeder, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental taxes; Majority voting; OLG; Pigouvian taxes

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES; MAJORITY VOTING; OLG; OPTIMAL LEVEL; PIGOUVIAN TAXES; TAX RATES; TAX REVENUE;

CALIBRATION; TAXATION;

ECONOMICS;

AGING; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INCOME; PENSION SYSTEM; POLLUTION TAX; TAX REFORM;

GERMANY;

EID: 84885184893     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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