Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50043 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 329
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
In this paper, we study the impact of energy taxes and the EU ETS on a large number of firms in Europe between 1996 and 2007. Using company level micro-data, we examine how firms in different sectors were affected by environmental policies. Aspects of behaviour and performance studied include total factor productivity, employment levels, investment behaviour and profitability. On the whole, energy taxes increased total factor productivity and returns to capital but decreased employment, with a mixed effect on investment, for the sectors included in our analysis. However, large sectoral variation is observed, with some industries losing out in terms of productivity and profitability when faced with increased energy taxes, while others benefitted.
Subjects: 
energy taxes
productivity
investment
firm performance
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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