Federal transfers, environmental policy and economic growth |
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Authors: | George Economides Natasha Miaouli |
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Affiliation: | aAthens University of Economics and Business, 76 Patission Street, Athens 104 34, Greece |
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Abstract: | We study the effects of commonly used cross-country transfer programs on uncoordinated national environmental policies, economic growth and natural resources in a federal economy. Natural resources are a federation-wide public good. In each member country, production degrades the environment, but clean-up policy can improve it. Clean-up policy is financed by taxes on polluting firms’ output and cross-country redistributive transfers. We solve for a symmetric Nash equilibrium among national governments. Transfer policies that lead to higher pollution taxes make existence harder, and are harmful not only to growth but also to the environment. The best way to improve environmental quality is to implement a taxation system that stimulates growth and broadens tax bases to finance national clean-up policies. |
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Keywords: | Environment Fiscal federalism Economic growth |
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