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Abstract Carbon taxes are considered an important environmental policy instrument for the improvement of environment quality in developing countries. Despite these premises, the implementation of the carbon tax policy in developing countries has lagged behind. The aim of this study is to analyse how carbon tax influence environmental quality and economic performance in South Africa. Such a country-oriented inquiry is envisaged to have some positive policy implications for the South African economy and other developing nations. The analysis was conducted using a static computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of South Africa, which was expected to capture the observed structure of South Africa’s economy. Furthermore, the parameters of the CGE equations were calibrated to observed data from a social accounting matrix (SAM) for 2015. The results show that environmental tax has negative effects on gross domestic product with the energy sectors which are generally the most polluting sectors suffering higher output losses due to the environmental tax. Household consumption is significant reduced by 2.34% due to the reduction in emissions as a result of carbon tax policy. According to the study findings, policy-makers should consider an initial 5% carbon tax policy which may results in achieving reasonably good environmental quality without losing on investment, fixed capital investment and government revenue. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Sanderson Abel, Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; & Department of Agricultural Economics and Development, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Research Associate at Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Senior Lecture, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe   Downloads FULL TEXT Published 2023-03-24 How to Cite Abel, S., Mukarati, J., Jeke, L., & Roux, P. L. (2023). Carbon Tax and Environmental Quality in South Africa. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 13(2), 484–488. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.13474 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023) Section Articles License Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously , that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, will not be published elsewhere in the same form, without the written consent of the Publisher. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication. Most read articles by the same author(s) Hlalefang Khobai, sanderson Abel, Pierre Le Roux, A Review of the Nexus between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in the BRICS Countries , International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy: Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021) Hlalefang Khobai, Sanderson Abel, Pierre Le Roux, An Investigation into the Electricity Supply and Economic Growth Nexus for South Africa , International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy: Vol. 6 No. 4 (2016) Hlalefang Khobai, Sanderson Abel, Pierre Le Roux, Co-integration between Electricity Supply and Economic Growth in South Africa , International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy: Vol. 6 No. 3 (2016) Make a Submission Make a Submission Dergi Kapağı

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