CLIMATE-CHANGE
; TAX
; POLICY
; TAXATION
; IMPACT
; ENERGY
; CONSUMPTION
; BRAZIL
WOS学科分类:
Development Studies
; Economics
WOS研究方向:
Development Studies
; Business & Economics
英文摘要:
Even though concerns about adverse distributional implications for the poor are one of the most important political challenges for carbon pricing, the existing literature reveals ambiguous results. For this reason, we assess the expected incidence of moderate carbon price increases for different income groups in 87 mostly low- and middle-income countries. Building on a consistent dataset and method, we find that for countries with per capita incomes of below USD 15,000 per year (at PPP-adjusted 2011 USD) carbon pricing has, on average, progressive distributional effects. We also develop a novel decomposition technique to show that distributional outcomes are primarily determined by differences among income groups in consumption patterns of energy, rather than of food, goods or services. We argue that an inverse U-shape relationship between energy expenditure shares and income explains why carbon pricing tends to be regressive in countries with relatively higher income. Since these countries are likely to have more financial resources and institutional capacities to deal with distributional issues, our findings suggest that mitigating climate change, raising domestic revenue and reducing economic inequality are not mutually exclusive, even in low- and middle-income countries. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
1.Mercator Res Inst Global Commons & Climate Change, Torgauer Str 12-15, D-10829 Berlin, Germany 2.Tech Univ Berlin, Dept Econ Climate Change, Str 17 Juni 145, D-10623 Berlin, Germany 3.Univ Potsdam, Fac Econ & Social Sci, August Bebel Str 89, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany 4.Potsdam Inst Climate Change Impact Res, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Recommended Citation:
Dorband, Ira Irina,Jakob, Michael,Kalkuhl, Matthias,et al. Poverty and distributional effects of carbon pricing in low- and middle-income countries - A global comparative analysis[J]. WORLD DEVELOPMENT,2019-01-01,115:246-257