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| Title: | | Externality-correcting taxes and regulation  |
| Authors: | | Christiansen, Vidar Smith, Stephen |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IFS working papers 09,16 |
| Abstract: | | Much of the literature on externalities has considered taxes and direct regulation as alternative policy instruments. Both instruments may in practice be imperfect, reflecting informational deficiencies and other limitations. We analyse the use of taxes and regulation in combination, to control externalities arising from individual consumption behaviour. We consider cases where taxes are either imperfectly differentiated to reflect individual differences in externalities, or where some consumption escapes taxation. In both cases we characterise the optimal instrument mix, and show how changing the level of direct regulation alters the optimal externality tax. |
| Subjects: | | externalities Pigouvian taxes regulations |
| JEL: | | H21 H23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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