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Pigouvian tax

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environmental economics

In environmental economics: Taxation
…idea, now known as the Pigouvian tax, is to force producers to pay a tax equal to the external damage caused by their production decisions in order to allow the market to take into consideration the full costs associated with the taxed goods. This process is often referred to as…
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negative externality

In negative externality
Ideally, such Pigouvian taxes return the external effects of the transaction to the parties involved (“internalizing an externality”), thus restoring the efficiency of the markets involved. One common example of a Pigouvian tax is a carbon tax. The idea behind a carbon tax is to assess the…
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