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The Carbon Tax, Ageing and Pension Deficits

Gonand, Frédéric (2016), The Carbon Tax, Ageing and Pension Deficits, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 21, 3, p. 307-322

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2016
Journal name
Environmental Modeling and Assessment
Volume
21
Number
3
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages
307-322
Publication identifier
10.1007/s10666-015-9482-2
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Author(s)
Gonand, Frédéric
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
Ageing increases the income of a carbon tax ceteris paribus since energy consumption rises with age, as macro and micro data show. Ageing also increases some public expenditures, notably those of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension systems. Accordingly, there may be a case for recycling a carbon tax in an ageing context so as to finance ageing-related public expenditures. This article studies the interacting effects on intergenerational equity and growth of such a recycling. It relies on a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations parameterised with empirical data. Several results emerge. Implementing a carbon tax fully recycled through higher lump-sum pensions weighs relatively more on the intertemporal welfare of young and future generations. A carbon tax fully recycled through lower social contributions financing the PAYG bolsters the wellbeing of young and future generations but weighs on the welfare of baby-boomers and older cohorts. The redistributive effects of recycling a carbon tax can depend significantly on the way used to balance the PAYG regime.
Subjects / Keywords
Carbon tax; Intergenerational redistribution; Overlapping generations; PAYG pension reform; General equilibrium
JEL
D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models

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