Propuesta para corregir las externalidades en el mercado de café: Un impuesto sobre el té y el café regular y una subvención sobre el café de Comercio Justo

Ibon Galarraga; Anil Markandya

doi:10.7201/earn.2006.12.07

Authors

Ibon Galarraga DEID, University of Bath Claverton Down.
Anil Markandya DEID, University of Bath Claverton Down.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2006.12.07

Keywords:

Coffee market, Fair trade

Abstract

This paper justifies the need to introduce a tax on regular coffee drinkers in the UK to subsidise the fair trade/organic coffee production. This policy will allow to take full account of the negative external effect of regular coffee production while internalising the positive effect of fair trade initiatives. Designing such a policy is possible and the benefits of it can be calculated. This paper shows how.

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