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1. Efectos distributivos de la aplicación de un impuesto a la demanda de combustibles fósiles.

Author

Pérez, Héctor Manuel Bravo, Ramírez, Juan Carlos Castro, and Andrade, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez

Subjects
*FOSSIL fuels, *ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *ECONOMIC demand, *INCOME inequality, *ECONOMIC equilibrium, *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change, *TAXATION, MEXICAN economy, MEXICAN economic policy
Abstract

This paper aims to verify if there is any effect in the income distribution for the Mexican economy when applying a tax on fossil fuels in order to reduce CO2 emissions. In order to reach this goal a computable general equilibrium model was built following the Shoven and Whalley method. It is observed that the application of a tax achieves a reduction in fossil fuel demand, but it does not have any meaningful consequence on the income redistribution of the society. All the levels of the economy have a loss in welfare as a consequence of the application of this tax. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013