Choice experiments and environmental taxation: An application to the Italian hydropower sector
Journal title ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Author/s Federico Pontoni, Daniel Vecchiato, Francesco Marangon, Tiziano Tempesta, Stefania Troiano
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2016/3
Language English Pages 20 P. 99-118 File size 290 KB
DOI 10.3280/EFE2016-003009
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This paper represents the first attempt to simulate the introduction of an incentive-based environmental tax to the hydropower sector. As hydropower can negatively affect fluvial ecosystems, the paper shows how to design and determine per unit tax values for a taxation system that would then be able to provide producers with incentives to opt for more environmentally friendly solutions. The simulation is carried out in the Province of Sondrio (home to 20% of the Italian hydropower production). First, the paper determines the monetary value of the fluvial ecosystem by means of a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE); then, it compares the models estimated in WTP and preference spaces in order to opt for the most effective punctual values to be used as inputs in a newly designed incentive-based environmental tax; finally, it simulates the effects of the introduction of such a tax to a real case. According to our results, the magnitude of the environmental tax is such that it would certainly stimulate environmentally friendly production, without hindering operators’ profitability.
Keywords: Hydropower, choice experiment, renewables, environmental tax, green energy, ecosystem services
Jel codes: H23, Q25, Q26, Q38, Q51
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Federico Pontoni, Daniel Vecchiato, Francesco Marangon, Tiziano Tempesta, Stefania Troiano, Choice experiments and environmental taxation: An application to the Italian hydropower sector in "ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT" 3/2016, pp 99-118, DOI: 10.3280/EFE2016-003009