Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen
kruse-andersen.bsky.social
Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen
@kruse-andersen.bsky.social
Assistant professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

Research: Economics of Climate Change , Environmental Economics, and Economic Growth.

Main interests: economics, politics, and aircrafts.
Our numerical simulations show that our tax-subsidy scheme could provide a welfare gain of around 0.3 percent of national income if politicians have a strong aversion to carbon leakage

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12/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM
While the uniform carbon tax ensures a domestic emission reduction target, the other instruments depend on the politicians’ aversion to leakage

With no aversion to leakage, only a uniform carbon tax is needed

11/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
(7) Tax on domestic production of fossil fuels

Intuition: reducing domestic production increases net imports, thereby increasing the international price of fossil fuels and thereby decreasing foreign consumption

10/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
(6) Subsidy to green energy production

Intuition: increasing domestic production reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use

9/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
(5) Tax on green energy consumption

Intuition: increasing domestic production reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use

8/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
(4) Consumption taxes on all non-energy goods

Intuition: reduction in domestic consumption reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use

7/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
(3) Location subsidies to all non-energy sectors

Intuition: counteract leakage at the extensive intensive margin by reducing the profit loss from regulation

6/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
(2) Output subsidies to all non-energy sectors

Intuition: counteract leakage at the intensive margin by increasing international competitiveness

5/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
(1) A uniform carbon tax on households and all non-energy sectors

Intuition: equalize marginal abatement costs across sectors and ensures a domestic emissions target

4/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Our general equilibrium model prescribes an intuitive tax-subsidy scheme with 7 elements…

3/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
As a novel feature, we distinguish between leakage at the extensive margin, where domestic firms relocate to foreign countries, and leakage at the intensive margin, where domestic firms lose world market shares

2/N
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM