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Book SynopsisThe prospect of simultaneously achieving a 'greener' environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological tax reform in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The potential for ecological tax reform is investigated on a theoretical and an empirical level. The social costs associated with environmental taxes are analysed and the impacts of a Swedish carbon tax are calculated by means of a static numerical model. Taxes on carbon, nitrogen and fertilisers are also examined. The authors find that the level of unemployment cannot be decreased by revenue neutral environmental taxes without any social costs and conclude that there are no easy ways to achieve full employment, a budget surplus and environmental sustainability. They conclude that further understanding of the functioning of the labour market, household decisions and the link between change in pollutant emissions and environmental damage is needed in order to make more concrete suggestions concerning ecological tax reforms.
Green Taxes will be of immense use to academics and practitioners in the field of environmental economics.
Trade Review'Green Taxes> is a thought provoking collection,' -- Benito Muller, Journal of Energy Literature
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Governmental Commissions on Green Taxes in Denmark 2. The Governmental Commission on Green Taxes in Norway 3. The Swedish Green Tax Commission 4. Double Dividend: Just Desserts or Pie in the Sky? 5. Green Tax Reform: Theoretical Issues, Empirical Results, and Future Challenges 6. General Equilibrium Effects of Increasing Carbon Taxes in Sweden 7. Green Taxes in Sweden: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis of the Carbon Tax and the Tax on Nitrogen and Fertilizers 8. Taxes and Labour Supply in Sweden – A Meta Analysis Index
