What is the effect of a carbon tax on the equilibrium number of flights? Would an equilibrium change be caused by a shift in demand?

The European Union imposed a tax on carbon emissions on all flights to and from Europe, regardless of nationality of the airlines. Read the WSJ article, Europe’s Green Airline War (pdf).

In your initial post to this discussion, address the following prompts based on what youve learned in this module:

What is the effect of a carbon tax on the equilibrium number of flights? Would an equilibrium change be caused by a shift in demand?
Would the imposed tax on carbon emission control the pollution generating source?
Why would countries with airlines flying to and from Europe retaliate against the EU’s imposition of a tax on carbon emissions?

https://bbaddins.schoolcraft.edu/addins/econ202v2/docs/m16-airlines.pdf

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