Taxing Fossil Fuels under Speculative Storage

This paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run. We concentrate on a particular mechanism: speculative storage. The existence of forward-looking speculators in the model improves the effectiven...

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Main Author: Tumen, Semih
Other Authors: Unalmis, Deren, Unalmis, Ibrahim, Unsal, Filiz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2014
Series:IMF Working Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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