Pigovian tax
Pigovian tax is the alternative form of Pigouvian tax.
Meaning of Pigouvian tax
Noun
Pigouvian tax (plural Pigouvian taxes)
- A tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities.
- Named after economist A.C. Pigou, a Pigouvian tax is a tax levied per unit of pollution emitted. Pigouvian taxes are meant to internalize ‘externalities’, generally understood to be positive or negative side-effects from economic production that are not reflected in the price of production.2016, Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, Richard Tarasofsky, editors, The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Forms of Pigovian tax
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Questions about Pigovian tax
- What is Pigovian tax the alternative form of?
- Pigovian tax is the alternative form of Pigouvian tax.
Words near Pigovian tax in the dictionary
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