The Impact of Water Resources Tax Policy on Water Saving Behavior

The Chinese water administration department has continuously explored and formulated regulatory market-oriented control policies to alleviate the contradiction between shortage economic social development promote new idea of ‘water-saving first’ control. Among them, implementing a resources tax policy as price means achieved initial success. water-saving effect collection is one important bases for determining whether reform will be promoted nationwide in next stage. Based on this, taking Hubei Province, first pilot China, an example, resource elements are integrated into system dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model (DSGE) constructed, embedded simulate persistent impact such saving objectives. research shows that: (1) A can effectively achieve goal improve utilization efficiency resources. (2) Levying helps awareness enterprises residents promotes optimize their production structure. (3) Rational efficient use special protection funds basis ensuring effective implementation tax. It also recycling capacity This that government should speed up exploration relationship supply demand comprehensive resources, establish reasonable range rates guarantee people’s livelihoods, accelerate construction measures, order relatively steady-state protection, realizing dual sustainable