Distributional and regional economic impact of energy taxes in Belgium

Energy Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-203

  Vandyck, Toon ^a,b   Van Regemorter, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CGE microsimulation; Income distribution; Oil excises

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX REFORM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MICROSIMULATION; MICROSIMULATION MODELING; OIL EXCISES; RECYCLING OPTIONS; REGIONAL ECONOMIC;

TAXATION;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE-OFF;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84902084360     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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