Distributional effects of environmental policies in Greece |
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Authors: | Joseph N Lekakis |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, The University of Crete, 74100 Rethymno, Greece |
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Abstract: | Environmental protection policies generate an equity question concerning the fair allocation of environmental benefits and
costs. This paper presents evidence from Greece during the 1980s. The findings reveal that Greek environmental policies, in
the form of government self-regulatory programs, are mostly regressive in nature. At the regional level these programs combine
all forms of vertical equity. Since the public sector finances the majority of related expenditures out of taxes, the regressive
elements of environmental policies have been reinforced by discretionary fiscal measures and tax evasion, accompanied by inflation,
which have distorted the country's progressive tax system. |
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Keywords: | Environmental policy Equity Greece |
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