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标题：The Effect of Environmental Taxes on Steady-State Consumption
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作者：Bidisha Lahiri
期刊名称：Theoretical Economics Letters
印刷版ISSN：2162-2078
电子版ISSN：2162-2086
出版年度：2014
卷号：04
期号：09
页码：867-874
DOI：10.4236/tel.2014.49110
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This paper examines the effects of environmental taxes on the demand and supply sides of the economy and uncovers two opposite forces on long-term production. An increase in the environmental tax stimulates abatement behavior as producers lower production from the same capital stock but simultaneously lower per-unit emissions increases consumers’ demand for the cleaner goods hence increasing the capital stock. Starting from a low level of environmental taxes, my model finds that initially the demand-driven positive relationship dominates while at a higher level of environmental taxes, the production lowering negative effect dominates; the transition occurs before the economy reaches the optimal tax rate.
关键词：Environmental Tax; Steady State; Production; Emission