The Environmental Influence of Tax Regimes in Selected European Union Economies

Ganda, Fortune; Garidzirai, Rufaro

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“…The results sustain the idea that environmental taxes are key elements for reducing CO 2 emission (Dogan et al, 2022). The results are also in line with Ganda and Garidzirai (2021), who reveal that aggregate environmental tax improves environmental sustainability in the European Union. Moreover, when environmental tax is disaggregated into energy tax and transport tax, they are more efficient in lessening emissions and improve environmental sustainability, especially in the case of transport tax.…”

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Drivers of the European Union’s Environmental Performance

Stoian

Brad

Zaharia

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The interactions between nature and humankind produce a series of ecological, social, economic, institutional, technological, and other types of restrictions, which can alter the development of the future society and Earth. Exploring the influencing factors of environmental performance can create better solutions and it can emphasize the gaps from past and current policies. Also, they can contribute to achieve sustainable development. In this regard, more indices are developing for assessing a specific theme that targets sustainability, such as carbon footprint, Environmental Performance Index, or sustainable development index. Thus, this study aims to analyze the influencing factors of Environmental Performance Index (EPI) at an EU level by collecting data between 2010 and 2020, once in 2 years and by using a panel data model. The results were estimated using the Period SUR effect within the generalized least square method and using the White period matrix within the correlation matrix. The results indicate positive relationships between EPI and area under organic farming, circular material use rate, eco-innovation index, energy productivity, ratio of female-to-male labor force participation rate, forest area, Human Development Index, Internet users, livestock production index, new business density, patent applications-residents, tertiary school enrollment, the share of renewable energy consumption in gross final energy consumption, and the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments. In addition, higher inequality between individuals, natural resources rents, trade volume index, and environmental taxes in total tax revenues seem to constrain the EU’s environmental performance. The results are important both for academicians and policymakers.

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Section: Panel Data Results and Policy Implicationssupporting

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Drivers of the European Union’s Environmental Performance

Stoian

Brad

Zaharia

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Furthermore, environmental taxes are also included to capture the impact of climate-friendly policies and their implementation in the taxation system in the European Union. The latter have been investigated by Bashir et al [40], Ganda and Garidzirai [41], Ghazouani et al [42], Tibulca [43], and Meireles et al [44]. The GDP per capita is included as the control variable.…”

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Does Economic Globalisation Harm Climate? New Evidence from European Union

Lenz

Fajdetić

2022

Energies

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The issue of globalisation-induced greenhouse gas emissions is an ongoing topic and a major challenge to the EU climate goals of achieving non-zero emissions by 2050. In the light of this ongoing debate on the globalisation–environment nexus, the paper examines the impact of economic globalisation on climate in EU countries over the period 2000–2019 and provide some new empirical evidence. After applying the panel cointegration analysis and the Granger causality test, the dynamic panel analysis is performed for 26 EU countries using the Arellano–Bond estimator. For the policy perspective, the analysed sample of countries is grouped into two subpanels according to their level of development—EU countries with above-average and below-average GDP per capita. After testing the effects of different dimensions of economic globalisation and environmental taxes on GHG emissions, the results revealed the following: (1) Trade globalisation is detrimental to the climate, as trade openness significantly increases emissions in both country groups. Financial globalisation has a weaker impact and increases emissions only in below-average countries, suggesting that FDI inflows could be important for the transfer of green technologies when a country reaches higher development level. (2) Passenger transport reduces GHG emissions in both groups of countries, while FDI are beneficiary for the climate in above-average countries. (3) Environmental taxes as a proxy for environmental policy show statistically significant results, but with different outcomes in the two groups; they have a negative impact on emissions in countries that are below the GDP p/c average, indicating the shortcomings of the tax system in addressing climate change. (4) The total energy consumption increases emissions in both country groups and, thus, harms the climate. Therefore, despite the current unfavourable circumstances, EU countries should continue to expand the green economy, increase energy consumption from renewables, and develop low-carbon technologies that do not depend on imported fossil fuels.

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“…Kang and Jin (2002) conducted empirical tests on the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and discovered that ER implementation made it difficult to improve regional production efficiency. An empirical study of EU countries by Ganda and Garidzirai (2020) shows environmental taxes do not improve energy efficiency (Ganda and Garidzirai, 2021). The third perspective is that of uncertainty.…”

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The impact of government intervention on innovation efficiency of green technology—a threshold effect analysis based on environmental taxation and government subsidies

Rao

2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Research and promotion of green technology can improve energy efficiency and help to optimize energy structure, which are key considerations in achieving the “dual carbon” goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Owing to the “dual externality” arising from green technology innovation (GTI), government policies have an important impact on this area. Environmental taxes and government subsidies are important means for governments to improve GTI and optimize energy utilization, with different environmental taxes and subsidies having different impacts. This study evaluates the impact of environmental taxes and government subsidies in China from 2009 to 2019, and assesses how these policies interacted with each other to determine China’s efficiency in GTI over this period. The study’s findings based on analysis of 30 provinces and cities in China indicate that environmental taxes have a threshold effect on the development of green technologies, and that the current level of taxation is insufficient to encourage optimized development in this area. Government subsidies can also help to reduce the negative effects arising from the current environmental tax burden. To optimize government policy implementation in this area, improve the level of GTI, and improve energy use efficiency, this study proposes countermeasures based on differentiated policies, including gradually increasing the rate and scope of environmental taxation, and strengthening the supervision of government subsidies.

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The Environmental Influence of Tax Regimes in Selected European Union Economies

Cited by 6 publications

References 76 publications

Drivers of the European Union’s Environmental Performance

Drivers of the European Union’s Environmental Performance

Does Economic Globalisation Harm Climate? New Evidence from European Union

The impact of government intervention on innovation efficiency of green technology—a threshold effect analysis based on environmental taxation and government subsidies

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