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Meaning of Pigouvian tax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities.

Equivalents

Deutsch Pigou-Steuer

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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