303 Citations
Performing an environmental tax reform in a regional economy. A computable general equilibrium approach
- Economics
- 2003
We use a Computable General Equilibrium model to simulate the effects of an Environmental Tax Reform in a regional economy (Andalusia, Spain). The reform involves imposing a tax on CO2 or SO2…
Environmental Fiscal Reform and the Double Dividend: Evidence from a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model
- Economics
- 2018
An environmental fiscal reform (EFR) represents a transition of a taxation system toward one based in environmental taxation, rather than on taxation of capital, labor, or consumption. It differs…
Ecological tax reform and the double dividend of ecological sustainability and low unemployment: an empirical assessment
- Economics
- 2006
Ecological Tax Reform (ETR) is a policy designed to tax such 'bads' as resource depletion and pollution and to reduce tax impositions on such 'goods' as labour and income. The aim of ETR is…
The employment double dividend of environmental tax reforms: exploring the role of agent behaviour and social interaction
- Economics
- 2020
ABSTRACT It has been long debated whether environmental tax reform (ETR), i.e. a revenue-neutral shift of the tax burden from labour to carbon emissions, can have a double dividend, in terms of…
Environmental and wider economic implications of modifications to environmental tax reform
- Economics
- 2002
The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there…
Are Green Taxes a Good Way to Help Solve State Budget Deficits
- Economics
- 2012
States are increasingly turning to environmental taxes as a means of raising revenue. These taxes are often thought to generate a double dividend: an environmental dividend stemming from the…
Yes Virginia, There Is A Free Lunch: Long Term Economic And Environmental Effects Of Environmental Tax Reform
- Economics
- 2014
There is concern that an environmental tax reform such as imposing a carbon tax or increasing excise taxes on motor fuels would harm the economy, increase inequality, and harm vulnerable low income…
Environmental Taxation: New Evidence for Energy Taxes
- Economics
- 2015
The intensity of exploitation of natural resources has increased over the past decades, making environmental protection policy one of the most important priorities of government institutions. Various…
Research on the Implementation Effect of American Environmental Tax-And Its Enlightenment to China
- Economics, Business
- 2019
This paper reviews the US environmental tax from 1994 to 2016 and examines the economic and environmental dividend effects of its environmental tax implementation. Based on the five variables of…
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Environmental Taxes and the Double-Dividend Hypothesis: Did You Really Expect Something for Nothing?
- Economics
- 1997
The double-dividend hypothesis' suggests that increased taxes on polluting activities can provide two kinds of benefits. The first is an improvement in the environment, and the second is an…
Green fiscal reform and employment: A survey
- Economics
- 1996
In the European debate an increase in employment is generally regarded as an important extra-dividend-in addition to improved environmental quality-from environmental taxes. The scope of this paper…
Ecological Tax Reform
- Economics
- 1998
A growing international trend is for governments to shift the burden of taxation away from productive activities and onto pollutants, including concerns about fairness, economic efficiency, jobs, and disruption during the period of transition to the new taxes.
Policy Analysis in a Second-Best World
- Economics
- 1998
This paper first describes the new literature in environmental economics on the so-called "double dividend" and then explores its implications for a broad range of economic issues. The basic finding…
Environmental fiscal reform and unemployment.
- Economics
- 1996
Preface D. Siniscalco. Introduction C. Carraro, D. Siniscalco. Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Environmental Fiscal Reforms. Environmental Taxation and the Double-Dividend: the Role of Factor…
Are environmental taxes a free lunch? Issues in modelling the macroeconomic effects of carbon taxes
- Economics
- 1997
THE NATURAL WEALTH OF NATIONS: HARNESSING THE MARKET FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
- Economics
- 1998
Looking for some concrete proposals about how to clean up the world's environmental problems? In The Natural Wealth of Nations, David Roodman argues that a critical but often overlooked source of…
Reflections on the Double Dividend Debate
- Economics
- 1998
We survey the history of carbon taxation, the range of market-based instruments (MBIs) of environmental control, and the state of the double dividend debate, in order to suggest directions for future…
Reflections on the Double Dividend Debate The Importance of Interest Groups and Information Costs
- Economics
- 1998
We survey the history of carbon taxation, the range of market-based instruments (MBIs) of environmental control, and the state of the double dividend debate, in order to suggest directions for future…