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Environmental Taxation and Climate Change

Containing an authoritative set of original essays, Environmental Taxation and Climate Change provides fresh insights and analysis on how environmental sustainability can be achieved through fiscal policy. Written by distinguished environmental taxation scholars from around the world, this timely volume covers a range of hotly debated subjects including carbon related taxation in OECD countries, implications of environmental tax reforms, innovative environmental taxation and behavioural strategies, as well as many other relevant topics.

Carbon pricing, growth and the environment

Contents: Preface PART I: CARBON PRICING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FISCAL REFORM 1. Environmental Fiscal Reform and Unemployment in Spain Anil Markandya, Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino and Marta Escapa 2. EU Structural and Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Arkaitz Usubiaga and Philipp Schepelmann 3. Decentralized Environmental Taxation: A Preliminary Assessment Fiorenza Carraro and Andrea Zatti PART II: LOW CARBON GREEN GROWTH 4. Taxation Reform for Promoting Low Carbon Green Growth in China Chazhong Ge, Xiaoqiong Li, Jinnan Wang, Yajuan Ren and Minbin Xue 5. Ecological Tax Reform in Europe and Central Asia Jacqueline Cottrell and Eike Meyer 6. Lower Carbon Energy: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas Hans Sprohge, Rahmat Tavallali, Larry Kreiser and C. William Butcher PART III: CARBON PRICING THROUGH EMISSIONS TRADING 7. Emissions Trading to Improve Visibility in Specially Protected Areas in the US: An Alternative to Retrofit Control Requirements in a Sustainable Economy Agustin F. Carbo Lugo 8. Related Party Transactions and Emissions Rights: Accounting and Direct International Taxation J.I. Gorospe-Oviedo and A.I. Mateos-Ansotegui 9. Harmful Subsidies on Fossil Fuels: ETS Windfall Profits and Coal Protection for Electricity in Spain Ana Yabar Sterling and Diana C. Perez Bustamante PART IV: EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES 10. GHG Emissions Trading Schemes in Northeast Asia: An Overview and Analysis of Current Scenarios Xianbing Liu, Sunhee Suk and Kinichi Sudo 11. Towards Sustainable Carbon Markets: Requirements for Effective, Efficient and Fair Emissions Trading Schemes Sven Rudolph, Christine Lenz, Achim Lerch and Barbara Volmert 12. Linking Land Sector Activities to Emissions Trading: Australias Carbon Farming Initiative Celeste M. Black PART V: IMPACTS OF CARBON PRICING 13. Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Emissions Reduction: A Comparative Study of Korea and Japan Tae-Yeoun Lee 14. The Effects of Carbon/Energy Taxes on R&D Expenditure in Sweden Yasushi Ito 15. Carbon Energy Tax, Emission Permits and Border Tax Adjustments Alberto Majocchi PART VI: CARBON LEAKAGE CONCERNS 16. Is Carbon Leakage Really Low: A Critical Reconsideration of the Leakage Concept Florian Habermacher 17. Australias Carbon Pricing Mechanism Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos

Environmental taxation and green fiscal reform : theory and impact

Against a backdrop of intense political interest it is more important than ever to explore the role of fiscal policy in achieving environmental sustainability. Environmental Taxation and Green Fiscal Reform skilfully explores the various ranges of environmental and energy policies needed for an environmentally sustainable future.

Green taxation and environmental sustainability

Contents: Preface PART I: MEASURING GREEN TAXES 1. Improving the Methodology for Measuring the Greening of the Tax System Kris Bachus 2. New Information in the OECD Database on Instruments Used for Environmental Policy Nils Axel Braathen PART II: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY 3. Promotion of Biofuels and EU State Aid Rules: The Case of Spain Alvaro Anton Anton 4. Territorial Differences for Transport Fuel Demand in Spain: An Econometric Study Pablo del Rio, Desiderio Romero Marta Jorge and Mercedes Burguillo 5. Environmental Concern and Sustainability: When Citizens Assess Urban Mobility, Do They Consider the Environment? Ignacio Pisano, Regina Lafuente and Carlos Priego 6. Taxing Malls: Ways to Achieve Sustainable Urban Mobility and Transport Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz PART III: NEW APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY 7. Electric Vehicles: Plugging into the US Tax Code Janet E. Milne 8. Electric Vehicles, Taxes and Public Policies in Brazil Jose Marcos Domingues and Luiz Artur Pecorelli-Peres 9. Automobile Taxation in Spain: Recent Reforms and Future Proposals Amadeo Fuenmayor 10. Fiscal Tools for Inclusion of GCC States in the Global Environmental Programme: Focus on New Vehicle Imports Jon Truby PART IV: ENCOURAGING NEW RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES 11. Taxation and Electricity Transmission: Bringing Wind Energy onto the Grid Emily E. Steinhilber and Jonathan R. Voegele 12. Public - Private Partnerships as Incentive to Foster Sustainable Technologies Rolf H. Weber PART V: NUCLEAR POWER EXTERNALITIES 13. Public Policy Issues on the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste in Japan Soocheol Lee and Kazuhiro Ueta 14. Fueling Meltdown: Nuclear Tax and Subsidy in Japan Seung-Joon Park PART VI: WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 15. Looking for Evidence of Landfill Tax Effectiveness in the European Union Samuela Bassi and Emma Watkins 16. Landfill and Waste Incineration Taxes in Catalonia, Spain Ignasi Puig Ventosa, Ana Citlalic Gonzalez and Marta Jofra Sora 17. Raw Water Pricing for Ground Water Preservation: A Policy Advocacy Exercise in CDO, Philippines Rosalina Palanca-Tan Index

Environmental Taxation and Green Fiscal Reform

Against a backdrop of intense political interest it is more important than ever to explore the role of fiscal policy in achieving environmental sustainability. Environmental Taxation and Green Fiscal Reform skilfully explores the various ranges of environmental and energy policies needed for an environmentally sustainable future.

Market Based Instruments

This detailed book explores how market based environmental strategies are used in various countries around the world. It investigates how successful sustainability strategies used by one country can be transferred and used successfully in other countries, with a minimum of new research and experimentation. Leading environmental taxation scholars discuss this question and analyse a set of key case studies.

Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific

Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific contains an integrated set of detailed chapters providing insights and analysis on how fiscal policy can be used to achieve environmental sustainability. Highly topical chapters include energy tax policy in China, environmental fiscal reform, carbon tax policy in northeast Asia and environmental taxation strategies in China, Asia and Australia, as well as many other relevant topics.