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Mayor, Karen and Tol, Richard S J (2010) The impact of European climate change regulations on international tourist markets. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 15 (1). pp. 26-36. ISSN 1361-9209
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We use a model of international and domestic tourist numbers and flows to investigate the effect of various climate policy instruments implemented in Europe on arrivals and emissions for the countries concerned. We find that these schemes do not fulfil their desired effects. The introduction of aviation into the European trading system results in a fall in the number of tourists travelling into the European Union in favour of other destinations. It also causes a significant welfare loss with only a small reduction in emissions. The flight taxes in the Netherlands and the UK result in different substitution effects across destinations (depending on the zones being taxed) but both policies do have the same consequence of inducing global welfare losses and also reducing visitor numbers to the countries. We find that when these policies are combined their effects are additive. Welfare impacts are robust to variations in the underlying assumptions and changes in the scope of the taxes examined have the expected effects.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of Business, Management and Economics > Economics |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences > GE300 Environmental management G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation. Leisure H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and communications > HE9761 Air transportation. Airlines |
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| Depositing User: | Richard Tol |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2012 14:27 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2012 09:24 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38259 |