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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/218803b5d4b25152 https://verfassungsblog.de/animal-welfare-levy/ The Case for an Animal Welfare Levy Espinosa, Romain Treich, Nicolas eng 2025-10-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Europäischer Rechnungshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Meat Governance animal rights animal welfare environmental law Europäischer Rechnungshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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?