Are CO2 taxes regressive? Evidence from the Danish experience

By Mette Wier, K. Birr-Pedersen, H. Jacobsen, J. Klok. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Who Pays a Price on Carbon? (2009, background): “Metcalf et al. 2008; Wier et al. 2005 ) generally find that they are regressive, but the degree varies based on the methodology, assumptions, and income basis (annual vs. lifetime).”
The distributional implications of a carbon tax in Ireland (2009, background): “Wier et al. (2005) assess the distributional impact of the Danish carbon tax.”
Relating the environmental impact of consumption to household expenditures: An input–output analysis (2009, methodology): “Such a notation has been used before in literature (see for example Wier et al., 2005; Kerkhof et al., 2008).”
Taxation of multiple greenhouse gases and the effects on income distribution: A case study of the Netherlands (2008, methodology): “Wier et al. (2005) used a similar approach to examine the distributional effects of the Danish CO2 tax.”
A Chinese Sky Trust? Distributional Impacts of Carbon charges and Revenue Recycling in China (2007, background): “Klinge Jacobsen et al. (2003) and Wier et al. (2005) find that Denmark’s carbon taxes are regressive, and Brännlund and Nordström report that increases in carbon taxes in Sweden would be regressive.”
Who bears the brunt? Distributional effects of climate change mitigation policies (2011, methodology): “Frequently cited examples are the tax-free electricity allowance in the Netherlands, 1996–2001, and a progressive water charge system in Portugal (Ekins, 1999; Ekins and Barker, 2001; Wier et al., 2005).”
Distributional effects of carbon taxation (2016, background): “The primary reason for the regressivity of carbon tax in developed countries lies in that the proportion of income in spending on fossil fuels decreases with the income levels; in other words, lower income households shoulder a higher carbon tax burden [13,53,68,69].”