Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis
Thesis (PhD (Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613687842340864 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- |
| author_browse | Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- |
| author_facet | Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
| description | Thesis (PhD (Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2005. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25937 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:40:07.008Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25937 The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- theunis.dewet@standardbank.co.za De Wet, Theunis Jacobus No keywords available UCTD Thesis (PhD (Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2005. Probably the biggest concern for South African policy makers is the high level of unemployment that persists in the economy. There is thus an urgent need for policies that could increase employment growth. Any policy that could address these issues, would undoubtedly find favour with policy makers. Despite high levels of unemployment and social imbalances, there are also concerns about South Africa’s environmental management. It seems as if the debate of sustainable development, that has held the attention of policy makers in developed regions of the world for the past decade, has finally caught up with South Africa. One of the concerns that needs to be addressed is the relatively high level of CO2 emissions created by economic activity in South Africa. Given the issues discussed above, the purpose of this study is to determine whether policy makers in South Africa could introduce environmental taxation in the form of an intermediate tax on coal, without aggravating the problems of unemployment and the skew welfare distribution. The literature pertaining to the “double dividend” and the “Porter Hypothesis” motivates the possibility of achieving this result. The results from this study indicate that South African policy makers should approach the problem of controlling the demand for coal with caution. It is shown that any policy that attempts to increase the price of coal would achieve very little environmental benefit. Although such a tax could serve as an attractive source of revenue for the government, the socio-economic benefits achieved through recycling of the tax would also be small and it is debatable whether they would warrant the administration and political debate that would accompany them. It is therefore evident that policy makers will have to invest in research and development programs that will result in a reduction in the use of coal within the production process. Results from policy simulations have indicated that successful implementation of such an investment would not only reduce CO2 emissions significantly, but could also increase economic growth, welfare and employment. Economics unrestricted 2013-09-07T01:25:34Z 2004-07-01 2013-09-07T01:25:34Z 2003-10-09 2005-07-01 2004-06-30 Thesis De Wet, T 2003, The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25937 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25937 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06302004-143319/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | No keywords available UCTD The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title | The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title_full | The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title_fullStr | The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title_short | The effect of a tax on coal in South Africa : a CGE analysis |
| title_sort | effect of a tax on coal in south africa a cge analysis |
| topic | No keywords available UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25937 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06302004-143319/ |