Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform

A review of the literature on environmental taxes, focusing on European experiences, and analysing how such taxes can contribute to green causes as well as reducing the tax burden from "ordinary" taxation. The authors examine the potential 'double dividend' from tax reform for helping the environment, reducing unemployment and encouraging growth. A review of the literature on environmental taxes, focusing on European experiences, and analysing how such taxes can contribute to green causes as well as reducing the tax burden from "ordinary" taxation. The authors examine the potential ''double dividend'' from tax reform for helping the environment, reducing unemployment and encouraging growth.

• | Author: A. Markandya, L. Castellucci
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2013
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781349351930
• | ISBN-10: 1349351938