Analysis of the Regional Impacts of the Austrian Carbon Price
Current research studies (work in progress)
Commissioned by: European Commission
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research
In October 2022, the Austrian government has introduced a national price for CO2 emissions from energy use in the sectors
not covered by the EU Emission Trading System. The carbon price has been introduced in the context of the Recovery and Resilience
Facility (RRF) and represents the core of an ecological tax reform (so-called "eco-social tax reform"), with tax revenues
being recycled to households via regionally differentiated lump-sum payments ("climate bonus payments") and to firms via compensation
measures for exposed industry as well as for agriculture and forestry. The project aims at assessing the impact of this carbon
price and the related climate bonus and firm compensation payments at the level of Austrian federal provinces. The envisaged
analysis with the macroeconomic model ASCANIO will deliver insights into the effects on regional CO2 emissions, GRP, employment,
and income distribution.
Research group:Macroeconomics and Public Finance – Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis – Climate, Environmental and Resource Economics
