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Using contests to design emission tax mechanisms

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    Identificador: imarina:9261344
    Autors:
    Osório AZhang M
    Resum:
    In this paper, we propose three novel emissions tax mechanisms aimed at minimizing economic losses, incentivizing green R&D investments and reducing environmental emissions in a sustainable manner. We merge industrial organization theory and contests theory into a new model to explore the implication of three contest mechanisms of endogenous emissions taxation (i.e., the output contest mechanism, the green R&D investment contest mechanism, and the net emission contest mechanism), in which firms compete in terms of production and green R&D investments in order to pay less taxes. In this context, in order to identify the optimal mechanism, we compare several economic performance indicators like carbon neutrality, total production, emission level, green R&D investment, consumer and producer surplus, welfare, and value added to society. We find that the net emission contest mechanism is the best to achieve carbon neutrality, maximize green R&D investments and minimize emissions in situations or industries in which the environmental damages are moderate to relatively large. However, in situations or industries in which the environmental damages are relatively small, the green R&D investment contest mechanism could be the best.
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    Autor segons l'article: Osório A; Zhang M
    Departament: Economia
    Autor/s de la URV: Osório da Costa, António Miguel / Zhang, Mimi
    Paraules clau: Policy instruments Green investments Emissions tax mechanisms Contests Carbon neutrality trade investment green investments goals energy empirical-evidence economic-growth contests consumption competition carbon tax carbon neutrality
    Resum: In this paper, we propose three novel emissions tax mechanisms aimed at minimizing economic losses, incentivizing green R&D investments and reducing environmental emissions in a sustainable manner. We merge industrial organization theory and contests theory into a new model to explore the implication of three contest mechanisms of endogenous emissions taxation (i.e., the output contest mechanism, the green R&D investment contest mechanism, and the net emission contest mechanism), in which firms compete in terms of production and green R&D investments in order to pay less taxes. In this context, in order to identify the optimal mechanism, we compare several economic performance indicators like carbon neutrality, total production, emission level, green R&D investment, consumer and producer surplus, welfare, and value added to society. We find that the net emission contest mechanism is the best to achieve carbon neutrality, maximize green R&D investments and minimize emissions in situations or industries in which the environmental damages are moderate to relatively large. However, in situations or industries in which the environmental damages are relatively small, the green R&D investment contest mechanism could be the best.
    Àrees temàtiques: Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Materiais Interdisciplinar Industrial and manufacturing engineering Green & sustainable science & technology Environmental studies Environmental engineering Environmental chemistry Engenharias iii Ciências ambientais Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: mimi.zhang1@estudiants.urv.cat mimi.zhang1@estudiants.urv.cat antonio.osoriodacosta@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-5813-6830 0000-0001-5813-6830 0000-0003-3376-0164
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Sustainable Production And Consumption. 31 762-776
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Osório A; Zhang M (2022). Using contests to design emission tax mechanisms. Sustainable Production And Consumption, 31(), 762-776. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.03.033
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2022
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Environmental Chemistry,Environmental Engineering,Environmental Studies,Green & Sustainable Science & Technology,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    Policy instruments
    Green investments
    Emissions tax mechanisms
    Contests
    Carbon neutrality
    trade
    investment
    green investments
    goals
    energy
    empirical-evidence
    economic-growth
    contests
    consumption
    competition
    carbon tax
    carbon neutrality
    Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
    Materiais
    Interdisciplinar
    Industrial and manufacturing engineering
    Green & sustainable science & technology
    Environmental studies
    Environmental engineering
    Environmental chemistry
    Engenharias iii
    Ciências ambientais
    Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
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