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- adjective related to Arthur Pigou.
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The problem is that to the extent that the wealth taken in Pigovian taxes is destroyed (rather than invested or saved for remediation, or even just randomly distributed), even optimal pigovian taxes do not improve world wealth.
The Pigou Club's Powerful Members, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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So Pigou proposed that people who generate negative externalities should have to pay a fee reflecting the costs they impose on others — what has come to be known as a Pigovian tax.
Affordably Green Sou 2010
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So Pigou proposed that people who generate negative externalities should have to pay a fee reflecting the costs they impose on others — what has come to be known as a Pigovian tax.
Archive 2010-04-01 Sou 2010
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A tax of this type is therefore sometimes referred to as a Pigovian tax.
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So-called Pigovian taxes don't really work when it comes to "sin taxes" on alcohol and cigarettes; that's because these commodities are pretty well the end products in themselves — if you want an alcohol buzz or a nicotine rush, there isn't much alternative.
The Tax That Saved the Planet Probyn, Stephen 2007
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In this case, the soda tax would qualify as what economists call a Pigovian tax.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Overhead of enforcement and collection is an unavoidable loss from a Pigovian tax.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would the Public Support “Cap and Refund”? 2010
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SB: What do you think of leveling Pigovian pollution taxes on India industry as a way to get them clean up their processes, raise revenues, and discourage unhealthy practices?
Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011
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I tend to hope that they will follow the GPO and GPC's lead in adopting generally Georgist and Pigovian approaches to taxation.
Scott Baker: Interview With Canadian Green Party Politicians Erich Jacoby Hawkins and John Fisher Scott Baker 2011
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SB: What do you think of leveling Pigovian pollution taxes on India industry as a way to get them clean up their processes, raise revenues, and discourage unhealthy practices?
Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011
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