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Record 1 2014-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

A corrective taxe levied on each unit of output an externality-generator agent produces.

OBS

It is named after economist Arthur C. Pigou, who developed the idea in his book "The Economics of Welfare, "1920.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Économie environnementale
CONT

Du nom de son créateur, Arthur Pigou, la taxe pigouvienne a pour objectif d'incorporer dans le coût d'un produit l'ensemble des effets induits par sa production tels que la pollution. Ce système vise ainsi à rétablir une concurrence plus juste entre des pays où les normes anti-pollution sont élevées et les pays où l'environnement n'est qu'une variable parmi d'autres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Economía del medio ambiente
Key term(s)
  • impuestos pigouvianos
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