nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/218803b5d4b25152 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251015s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/218803b5d4b25152 doi eng 342 23 Espinosa, Romain Author aut The Case for an Animal Welfare Levy Espinosa, Romain Verfassungsblog 2025-10-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Meat consumption imposes externalities on farmed animals. According to basic economic principles, such negative externalities can be addressed through corrective measures, such as taxation, which align private costs with the broader social costs. This raises a novel policy question: should meat be taxed to account for its impact on animal welfare, and if so, what would be the appropriate level of taxation? CC BY-SA 4.0 Europäischer Rechnungshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Meat Governance animal rights animal welfare environmental law (DE-588)2155569-2 gnd Europäischer Rechnungshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Treich, Nicolas Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/animal-welfare-levy/ raw object