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Pigouvian tax
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en Pigovian tax
Noun
carbon tax (pollution)
tax on alcohol/tobacco (health)
A tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities.
en 2016 Cinnamon P. Carlarne; Kevin R. Gray; Richard Tarasofsky The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law https://books.google.com/books?id=SnAWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT223&dq=%22Pigouvian+tax%22&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Pigouvian%20tax%22&f=false Oxford University Press 9780191507540 Named after economist A.C. Pigou, a Pigouvian tax is a tax levied per unit of pollution emitted. Pigouvian taxes are meant to internalize ‘externalities’, generally understood to be positive or negative side-effects from economic production that are not reflected in the price of production.
Translations
German: de Pigou-Steuer f
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