Environmental tax reform in Europe: implications for income distribution

European Environment Agency

关键词: resource use;    green economy;    energy prices;    green taxes;    social equity;    environmental tax reform;    social inequalities;    environmental taxes;    household consumption;    consumer prices;    pollution;   

RP-ID  :  Technical report No 16/2011

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

实施日期：2011-11-25，发布日期：2012-01-09

来源: EEA Publications

【 摘 要 】

Although environmental tax reforms (ETR) tend to improve incomes across society, they can have mild regressive impacts in that richer households gain more than poorer ones. Care is needed to design ETRs in ways that ensure that certain groups are able to benefit equally. ETR's overall benefits for the economy, environment and society are potentially significant. ETR should therefore be regarded as a key element in the policymaking toolkit for shifting to a green economy.