On Refunding of Emission Taxes and Technology Diffusion

dc.contributor.author	Coria, Jessica
dc.contributor.author	Mohlin, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-09T16:16:37Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-09T16:16:37Z
dc.date.issued	2013-09
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/34151
dc.description.abstract	We analyze diffusion of an abatement technology in an imperfectly competitive industry under a standard emission tax compared to an emission tax which is refunded in proportion to output market share. The results indicate that refunding can speed up diffusion if firms do not strategically influence the size of the refund. If they do, it is ambiguous whether diffusion is slower or faster than under a non-refunded emission tax. Moreover, it is ambiguous whether refunding continues over time to provide larger incentives for technological upgrading than a non-refunded emission tax, since the effects of refunding dissipate as the overall industry becomes cleaner.	sv
dc.format.extent	49 pages	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	573	sv
dc.subject	emisson tax	sv
dc.subject	refund	sv
dc.subject	abatement technology	sv
dc.subject	technology diffusion	sv
dc.subject	imperfect competition	sv
dc.title	On Refunding of Emission Taxes and Technology Diffusion	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept of Economics, Gothenburg	sv