This paper studies the distributional effects of France's recently introduced carbon tax. Using
a microsimulation model built on a representative sample of the French population from …

This paper proposes a micro-simulation assessment of the distributional impacts of the
French carbon tax. It shows that the policy is regressive, but could be made progressive by …

This paper analyses the distributional effects of alternative scenarios of carbon taxes on car
fuels using disaggregated French panel data from 2003 to 2006. It incorporates household …

This paper explores the effects of a tax levied on Spanish energy‐related CO2 emissions.
After justifying the relevance of carbon taxation in the Spanish context, we consider the …

In this work the welfare effects and the distributive impact on Italian households of the Italian
Carbon tax are calculated. The Carbon tax has been introduced in Italy at the beginning of …

We study the effects of carbon tax and revenue recycling across the income distribution in
the Republic of Ireland. In absolute terms, a carbon tax of€ 20/tCO2 would cost the poorest …

Financial compensations are often proposed to address regressive distributional impacts of
carbon taxes. While financial compensations have shown to benefit vulnerable groups …

We examine how a European carbon price will affect citizens by studying its incidence on
households in 23 countries of the EU. At the national level, the distributional impact before …

The distributional consequences of environmental policies are a major issue for the public
acceptability of energy transitions, as the Yellow-vest demonstrations highlighted. Our …

Carbon taxes are an economically effective and efficient policy measure to address climate
change mitigation. However, they can have severe adverse distributional effects. Recycling …