Carbon tax in production networks

Resumo

In this paper we use a multi-sector equilibrium model with intersectoral input–output linkages and CO2 emissions to investigate the economic impacts of the implementation of a carbon taxation policy in an economy permeated by pre-existing distorting taxes. The model is calibrated for Brazil’s economy and results for four alternative designs of policy are simulated. In the presence of production networks, the initially concentrated tax shocks propagate throughout the economy,provoking widespread relative input price variations. Our results show that, for a 45% cut in CO2 steaming from energy consumption, GDP losses range between 3.54% and 0.66%, depending on the policy design and on how the increase in tax revenues is rebated back to the economy by the government. We also show that sectors are heterogeneously affected. In general, those more reliant on taxed pollutant resources suffer sizable decreases in production. In contrast, effects on the production of services sectors range from negligible to positive.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2022

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/34500

Temas

Meio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Carbon taxMulti-sector modelProduction networksClimate changeInefficient allocationsImposto sobre o carbonoCarbono - Aspectos ambientaisRedes de produçãoMudanças climáticas