RT Journal Article
T1 Cross-country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers.
A1 Fikru, Mahelet G.
A1 Gautier, Luis
K1 Impuestos ambientales
K1 Sociedades - Fusión
K1 Contaminación - Reducción
AB Recent studies show that mergers among polluting firms could affect the regulatory landscapeof the industry and trigger a policy change. Using a two-country model, this study examinesthe effect o f a merger size, a s measured by the number of merging firms, on the optimalemission tax of another country. We show that, if pollution damages are not too large, adecline in the size of a merger reduces production and profits in that country, which affordsa larger tax in the other country due to smaller profit-shifting c oncerns. On the other hand,if pollution damages are extremely large, a reduction in the size of a merger in one countryreduces production in that country, but it also reduces production and emissions in the othercountry. Thus, the latter can induce a smaller emission tax. The change in the emission taxin both scenarios is consistent with cooperative outcomes.
PB Sage
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31877
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31877
LA eng
NO Fikru, M. G., & Gautier, L. (2023). Cross-country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers. Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 22(1), 113-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/0976747920958094
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal-author-archiving-policies-and-re-use
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026