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- Title
The Contribution of Energy Taxes to Climate Change Policy in the European Union (EU).
- Authors
Liobikienė, Genovaitė; Butkus, Mindaugas; Matuzevičiūtė, Kristina
- Abstract
Energy taxes are one of the main market-based tools directed toward mitigating climate change in the European Union (EU). Therefore, the aim of this article was to analyze whether energy taxes really contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the successful implementation of climate change policy. Applying the Granger causality test on time series and using panel data analysis, the direct and indirect (via the reduction of fossil energy consumption (FEC) and energy intensity (EI), as well as the increase of renewable energy consumption (REN)) impacts of energy taxes on GHG emissions in EU countries were analyzed in the present study. The results showed that energy taxes did not Granger-cause fossil energy consumption, energy intensity, renewable energy consumption, and GHG emissions in almost all EU countries. Regarding the panel data analysis, the results showed that energy taxes did not, directly and indirectly, influence GHG emissions. Therefore, this paper shows that generally, energy tax policy in EU countries is ineffective. Thus, tax policy should be reformed and matched with an emissions trading system in seeking climate change mitigation.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union; ENERGY tax; CLIMATE change; CLIMATE change mitigation; GRANGER causality test; FOSSIL fuels
- Publication
Resources (2079-9276), 2019, Vol 8, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
2079-9276
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/resources8020063