全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities, and Overlapping Policies

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	论文
	Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities, and Overlapping Policies
	Jessica Coria; Magnus Hennlock; Thomas Sterner
发表日期	2018-10-09
出版年	2018
页码	18-23
语种	英语
概述	We study the combined effects of policies to reduce an externality that causes local and national damages.
结论	We study the effects of a mixed policy with a tax at the national level and emission standards at the local level. The stringency of local standards increases when combined with a national tax. Local regulators set more stringent local standards to reduce the tax payment to the national government. The increased stringency is not aggressive enough to induce any reductions in emissions beyond those induced by the tax. Firms’ emissions reduction will be thus determined by the national uniform tax.
摘要	In this paper, we analyze the effects of the interaction between national and local policies designed to reduce an environmental externality that causes environmental damages both nationally and locally. We formulate a theoretical model to develop hypotheses regarding the combined effects of such policies on the stringency of the local policies and on firms' emissions reductions. To test our hypotheses, we use actual data for Sweden, where emissions of nitrogen oxides from combustion plants are subject to a heavy national tax and to individual emissions standards set by county authorities. Our analytical findings suggest that it is unlikely that local regulators will impose emissions standards stringent enough to achieve further reductions than those induced by the national tax. This is confirmed in our data, where most emissions reductions can be attributed to the national tax and the effects of the emissions standards are not significant.
主题	Environmental Economics Topics ; International
子主题	Carbon Tax ; Policy Instruments and Evaluation
URL	http://www.rff.org/research/publications/fiscal-federalism-interjurisdictional-externalities-and-overlapping-policies
来源智库	Resources for the Future (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/41556
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jessica Coria,Magnus Hennlock,Thomas Sterner. Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities, and Overlapping Policies. 2018.