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Pigouvian tax

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Pigouvian tax

Summary

Pigouvian tax is an environmental economics[1]. It draws 960 Wikipedia views per month (environmental_economics category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pigouvian tax's instance of is recorded as environmental economics[3].
  • Arthur Cecil Pigou is named after Pigouvian tax[4].
  • Pigouvian tax is a type of tax[5].
  • Pigouvian tax's Commons category is recorded as Pigovian tax[6].
  • Pigouvian tax's partially coincident with is recorded as sin tax[7].
  • Pigouvian tax's has goal is recorded as disincentive[8].

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Definition and Type

Pigouvian tax's instance of is recorded as environmental economics[3]. It is a type of tax[5].

Origins

Arthur Cecil Pigou is named after Pigouvian tax[4].

Why It Matters

Pigouvian tax draws 960 Wikipedia views per month (environmental_economics category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Arthur Cecil Pigou

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → sin tax
    Instance of → environmental economics
    Subclass of → tax
    Named after → Arthur Cecil Pigou
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11123, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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