Refunding of a climate tax on food consumption in Sweden
Autor: | Torbjörn Jansson, Ing-Marie Gren, Lisa Höglind |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
0303 health sciences
Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science 030309 nutrition & dietetics Natural resource economics business.industry Economics Partial equilibrium 05 social sciences Carbon dioxide equivalent Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development Carbon sequestration Ecosystem services 03 medical and health sciences Tax revenue Agriculture Tax refund 0502 economics and business Refunding 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business Food Science |
Popis: | This paper examines the implications of imposing a climate tax on food consumption in Sweden combined with refunding of the tax revenues to farmers for selected agricultural activities enhancing ecosystem services: restoration of drained peatland (carbon sequestration), maintenance of grassland (biodiversity), and construction of wetlands (nutrient regulation). A partial equilibrium model of the agricultural sector is used to assess economic and environmental effects. The results show that the introduction of a climate tax corresponding to the existing Swedish CO2 tax of 115 euros per tonne carbon dioxide equivalent reduces total emissions from food consumption by 4.4% without any refunding of tax revenues. Refunding with payments for all ecosystems enhances the carbon sink by an amount equivalent to 57% of CO2e emissions from food consumption, and results in net benefits in the tax refund system for the agricultural sector as a whole, but is regressive where farmers in regions with relatively high incomes receive proportionally much of the net benefits. |
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