Is there a green dividend of national redistribution?

  • CO2 emissions are disproportionately caused by more affluent consumers. In the political debate, this fact has triggered the demand for income redistribution and wealth taxes not only to reduce inequality but also to reduce CO2 emissions. This paper calculates the possible size of a green dividend, i.e., a reduction in total national CO2 emissions, of redistribution in 26 countries and concludes that, for most EU countries, it is negative if the redistribution is efficient, in the sense that it keeps average incomes constant. If the redistribution introduces inefficiencies that lead to total income losses, the negative green dividend, otherwise associated with additional redistribution, may be avoided.

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Author:Eren GürerORCiDGND, Alfons J. WeichenriederORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-852208
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-023-09579-5
ISSN:1573-8701
Parent Title (English):Journal of economic inequality
Publisher:Springer US
Place of publication:New York ; Philadelphia
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2023/07/13
Date of first Publication:2023/07/13
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2025/02/03
Tag:CO2 emissions; Environment; Green dividend; Inequality; Redistribution
Volume:22.2024
Issue:1
Page Number:15
First Page:33
Last Page:47
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
JEL-Classification:D Microeconomics / D1 Household Behavior and Family Economics / D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
D Microeconomics / D3 Distribution / D30 General
Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Q5 Environmental Economics / Q56 Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International