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A Distributional Analysis of Green Tax Reforms
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I measure the distributional impact of a shift toward greater reliance on environmental taxes (a green tax reform) using both annual and lifetime income measures to rank households. An environmental tax reform can be designed that has a negligible impact on the income distribution when the funds are rebated to households through reductions in the payroll tax and personal income tax. I also analyze trade-offs among competing goals of efficiency, equity, and ease of administration in the design of a green tax reform.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Metcalf, G. E.
- Venue
- National Tax Journal
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1999-12-01
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 655-681
- ISSN
- 0028-0283 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-7477
- OpenAlex
- W2166234072
- Cited by
- 247
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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