On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Conte, Bruno; Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban
• 署名单位: Pompeu Fabra University; Barcelona School of Economics; Southern Methodist University; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaf027
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: distributional impacts

摘要

Using a multi-sector dynamic spatial integrated assessment model, we argue that a carbon tax introduced by the European Union and rebated locally can, if not too large, increase the size of Europe's economy by concentrating economic activity in its high-productivity non-agricultural core and by incentivising immigration to the European Union. The resulting change in the spatial distribution of economic activity improves global efficiency and welfare. A carbon tax introduced by the United States generates similar effects. This stands in sharp contrast with standard models that ignore trade and migration in a world shaped by economic geography forces.