Pigouvian taxとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Pigouvian tax (plural Pigouvian taxes)

1. A tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities.
   • 2016, Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, Richard Tarasofsky, editors, The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     Named after economist A.C. Pigou, a Pigouvian tax is a tax levied per unit of pollution emitted. Pigouvian taxes are meant to internalize ‘externalities’, generally understood to be positive or negative side-effects from economic production that are not reflected in the price of production.

Further reading

• Pigouvian tax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia