Do environmental taxes impede economic growth? A comparison between China and India

Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Akram Naseem, Rizwan Ali

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the direction of causality between economic growth and environmentally oriented taxes between two countries, China and India. Further, it investigates which country is leading in environmental protection race by imposing and collecting more environmental taxes. The novel element of this study is that this is the first study comparing two economic rivals by environment taxes. The dataset consists of environmental taxes and its proportion to GDP and total taxes, transportation taxes, GDP and adjusted net savings for China and India. The data are taken from the organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data bank from 2009 to 2018. The study utilizes the Granger causality to test the causal relationship between environment taxes and economic growth. The findings of the study posit that the imposition of environmental taxes will not only make the big economies environmental friendly but with sustainable economic growth.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2050023
JournalInternational Journal of Financial Engineering
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2021
Externally publishedYes

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