Economics: Journal Articles (Dec 2019)
Green fiscal reform for a just energy transition in Latin America
- Jakob Michael,
- Soria Rafael,
- Trinidad Carlos,
- Edenhofer Ottmar,
- Bak Celine,
- Bouille Daniel,
- Buira Daniel,
- Carlino Hernan,
- Gutman Veronica,
- Hübner Christian,
- Knopf Brigitte,
- Lucena André,
- Santos Luan,
- Scott Andrew,
- Steckel Jan Christoph,
- Tanaka Kanako,
- Vogt-Schilb Adrien,
- Yamada Koichi
Affiliations
- Jakob Michael
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, Germany
- Soria Rafael
- Escuela Politécnica Nacional de Ecuador (EPN), Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Quito, Ecuador
- Trinidad Carlos
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA), Lima, Perú
- Edenhofer Ottmar
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, Germany
- Bak Celine
- Analytica Advisors, Ottawa, Canada
- Bouille Daniel
- Fundación Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Buira Daniel
- Tempus Analítica, Ciudad de México, México
- Carlino Hernan
- Fundación Torcuato Di Tella (FTDT), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Gutman Veronica
- Fundación Torcuato Di Tella (FTDT), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hübner Christian
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Lima, Peru
- Knopf Brigitte
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
- Lucena André
- Energy Planning Program (PPE), Graduate School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Santos Luan
- Energy Planning Program (PPE), Graduate School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Scott Andrew
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK
- Steckel Jan Christoph
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
- Tanaka Kanako
- Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan
- Vogt-Schilb Adrien
- Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, USA
- Yamada Koichi
- Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo, Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2019-17
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
Abstract
Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This outlook article provides an overview of the major challenges for the successful implementation of such reforms and discusses how they could be overcome.
Keywords
- green fiscal reform
- energy subsidies
- latin america
- multi-objective climate policy
- sequencing
- distribution
- h23
- e62
- q54
- n16
- q48
