| dc.contributor.author | Löfgren, Åsa | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-12-14 | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T11:15:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T11:15:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | swe |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | swe |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2825 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We examine the effect of addictive behavior on a socially optimal
environmental tax. If utility in part depends on past consumption
and individuals are time-consistent, the socially optimal
environmental tax is shown to be equal to the conventional
Pigovian tax. In a second-best world where the social planner has
a restriction on the future environmental tax level, the current
optimal tax is no longer equal to the Pigovian tax. We extend the
analysis with time-inconsistent (myopic) individuals to both the
first (no restriction on future environmental tax) and second-best
world (restriction on future environmental tax). Also, the importance
of addiction in an environmental framework is discussed. | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 26 pages | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 246980 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | swe |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics, nr 91 | swe |
| dc.subject | Optimal taxation; environment; addiction; timeinconsistency;
second-best | swe |
| dc.title | The Effect of Addiction on
Environmental Taxation in a First
and Second-best world | swe |
| dc.type.svep | Report | swe |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | swe |
| dc.gup.origin | Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law | swe |
| dc.gup.epcid | 2640 | swe |
| dc.subject.svep | Economics | swe |
