Environmental taxation and regulation

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There are only a few instances of “environmental” 38 taxes in the USA – a tax on gasoline, on motor fuels, on oil spills, on ozone-depleting chemicals, and on chemical feedstocks (associated with toxic-waste production) – and the bulk of environmental regulation is accomplished through mandated technologies or performance standards.

In Cited by: Environmental Taxation A Guide for Policy Makers This guide is based on the OECD‟s recently issued book Taxation, Innovation and the Environment. Overview Environmental challenges are increasing the pressure on governments to find ways to reduce environmental damage while minimising harm to economic Size: KB.

Environmental Taxation Law: Policy, Contexts and Practice 1st Edition it locates the UK's taxes and instruments not simply in their broader context of market and environmental regulation, but also in the contexts of European and international law.

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Economics shapes environmental pricing theory, but the law translates theory into reality. This two-volume collection brings together carefully selected classic and cutting edge articles from around the world that delve into the legal design features of environmental tax instruments, how governments define the legal authority to use environmental taxation, the legal conundrums of border tax Author: Janet E.

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[Ary Lans Bovenberg; Lawrence H Goulder; National Bureau of Economic Research.] -- Abstract: This chapter examines government policy alternatives for protecting the environment.

We compare environmentally motivated taxes and various non-tax environmental policy instruments in terms. Environmental Taxation and Regulation A. Lans Bovenberg, Lawrence H. Goulder. NBER Working Paper No.

Issued in September NBER Program(s):Public Economics, Environment and Energy Economics This chapter examines government policy alternatives for protecting the environment. OECD Work on Taxation and the Environment In line with the increased importance attached to environmental issues, the OECD has scaled up its work on the nexus between tax policies and environmental policies; and with the Green Growth Strategy under preparation for the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Maythis process will continue in coming years.

De Souza, currently an independent consultant, was a tax partner for Farrer & Co untiland he is often referred to as a leading specialist in the environmental taxation area. Snape is an academic lawyer with an interest in international economic law and in the crossovers between environmental regulation, energy law and tax law.

Environmental Taxation Much of this book discusses how to design the tax system to avoid environmental taxation has the potential to transform the tax system by regulation as a way to achieve this. In this chapter, we address some of the main economic issues in the design. Environmental Taxation and Green Fiscal Reform skilfully explores the various ranges of environmental and energy policies needed for an environmentally sustainable future.

The book combines perspectives from leading environmental taxation scholars on both the theory and impact of different policies. Although the focus of the book is the UK's pioneering implementation of a web of distinct yet interrelated policy measures, it locates the UK's taxes and instruments not simply in their broader context of market and environmental regulation, but also in the contexts of European and international : Taylor And Francis.

‘This book is a smart and useful reader’s guide providing analytical tools for a full comprehension of environmental taxes, with an interdisciplinary approach that looks at all the different phases of environmental taxation: from the design to the implementation, the political acceptance and.

for environmental taxes.(6) The main aspects that were updated include: ⎯ Presentation of the legal requirements concerning environmental taxes introduced by Regulation (EU) No / on European environmental economic accounts ⎯ Update of the national accounts references to the new ESA   Although the focus of the book is the UK's pioneering implementation of a web of distinct yet interrelated policy measures, it locates the UK's taxes and instruments not simply in their broader context of market and environmental regulation, but also.

What Is Environmental Taxation. People often think of taxation and the environment as two entirely different worlds—two circles that do not intersect.

Governments impose taxes to raise the revenues they need to operate; governments get involved in environmental matters to protect the public interest. Environmental Taxation Roberton C. Williams III. NBER Working Paper No. Issued in June NBER Program(s):Environment and Energy Economics, Public Economics.

This paper examines potential environmental tax policy reforms. It focuses primarily on a carbon tax, but also more briefly considers a range of other possible changes. Environmental regulation has been confirmed to have an important impact on enterprise productivity, which is regarded as a crucial factor of enterprise duration.

The government has today published its definition of environmental taxes. The definition is designed to encourage effective policy making, and also measurement of progress against the Coalition.

Vermont Law School's Environmental Tax Policy Institute analyzes the ways in which taxation can be used to address environmental problems. By serving as a resource for the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, the press and academia, the Institute seeks to better inform the public policy debate about the role of environmental taxes at the local, state and federal levels.environmental taxes and environmental tax expenditures.

After briefly discussing the definition of key terms in environmental tax policy and considering institutional questions that can influence the use of environmental taxation instruments (Parts II and III), the Article highlights lessons one can learn from the U.S.

experience about the.Downloadable (with restrictions)! This chapter examines government policy alternatives for protecting the environment. We compare environmentally motivated taxes and various non-tax environmental policy instruments in terms of their efficiency and distributional impacts.

Much of the analysis is performed in a second-best setting where the government relies on distortionary taxes to finance.