http://www.plain-sense.com/2008/02/07/pigovian-taxes/ For students and friends of economics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.plain-sense.com/2008/02/07/pigovian-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Doug Gentry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:06 +0000 http://plainsenseeconomics.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/pigovian-taxes/#comment-4035 You're right - it is hard to imagine a good, direct tax that would change behavior such as extracting oil from tar sands. In theory the government could impose a per-unit tax on anything extracted. I might suggest or prefer a tax on the final product - sufficient to make such extractions not economically viable. You’re right – it is hard to imagine a good, direct tax that would change behavior such as extracting oil from tar sands. In theory the government could impose a per-unit tax on anything extracted. I might suggest or prefer a tax on the final product – sufficient to make such extractions not economically viable.

]]> http://www.plain-sense.com/2008/02/07/pigovian-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-4034 frank patton Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:52:41 +0000 http://plainsenseeconomics.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/pigovian-taxes/#comment-4034 This really doesn't play out when it come to tar sands, how do you tax the massive externalities that are are being created? You can't or can you, I don't know. The environmental mess that is taking place there is so massive that I don't see how one could figure out a tax, where do you start and what do you include? This really doesn’t play out when it come to tar sands, how do you tax the massive externalities that are are being created? You can’t or can you, I don’t know. The environmental mess that is taking place there is so massive that I don’t see how one could figure out a tax, where do you start and what do you include?

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