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Environmental Pricing
Studies in Policy Choices and Interactions
9781785360244 Edward Elgar Publishing
Environmental taxes can be efficient tools for successful environmental policy. Their use, however, has been limited in many countries. This thoughtful book explores the scope of environmental pricing and examines a variety of national experiences in environmental policy integration, to identify the most effective use of taxation and policy for environmental sustainability.
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Environmental taxes can be efficient tools for successful environmental policy. Their use, however, has been limited in many countries. This thoughtful book explores the scope of environmental pricing and examines a variety of national experiences in environmental policy integration, to identify the most effective use of taxation and policy for environmental sustainability.
Environmental taxes are seldom implemented in isolation and are applied in combination with other regulatory instruments. At issue is the critical lack of knowledge on how different policy instruments and taxes interact and work together. This perceptive book considers recent research on the environmental and economic impact of applying environmental taxes. Expert contributors come together to discuss the high potential for wider use of environmental taxation in combination with other policy instruments, and highlight key areas of current practice that must be addressed. Empirical studies of policy strategies are discussed to illustrate the extent to which current climate change policy is integrated against the proposed successful policy combinations that are presented in this insightful book.
Environmental pricing will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and policymakers alike in the areas of environmental law, environmental economics and environmental sustainability.
Environmental taxes are seldom implemented in isolation and are applied in combination with other regulatory instruments. At issue is the critical lack of knowledge on how different policy instruments and taxes interact and work together. This perceptive book considers recent research on the environmental and economic impact of applying environmental taxes. Expert contributors come together to discuss the high potential for wider use of environmental taxation in combination with other policy instruments, and highlight key areas of current practice that must be addressed. Empirical studies of policy strategies are discussed to illustrate the extent to which current climate change policy is integrated against the proposed successful policy combinations that are presented in this insightful book.
Environmental pricing will be of interest to scholars, practitioners and policymakers alike in the areas of environmental law, environmental economics and environmental sustainability.
Critical Acclaim
‘Environmental Pricing is an interesting book containing a broad collection of chapters that discuss issues of relevance for environmental policymaking. The topics range from support for renewable energy and fossil fuels via environmental taxation to policies for water management. The book provides relevant information regarding the many issues covered, and some chapters will stimulate further debate.’
– Nils Axel Braathen, Principal Administrator OECD, Environment Directorate
‘As someone who has been involved in speaking, disseminating knowledge and engaging with policymakers for the last couple of decades on environmental taxation I wholeheartedly support and endorse this collection of topical and informative papers . . . a fascinating insight into the latest thinking and research in the field and a highly valued reference source.’
– Chas Roy-Chowdhury, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
– Nils Axel Braathen, Principal Administrator OECD, Environment Directorate
‘As someone who has been involved in speaking, disseminating knowledge and engaging with policymakers for the last couple of decades on environmental taxation I wholeheartedly support and endorse this collection of topical and informative papers . . . a fascinating insight into the latest thinking and research in the field and a highly valued reference source.’
– Chas Roy-Chowdhury, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
Contributors
Contributors: M. Antenucci, K. Bachus, K. Bubna-Litic, J. Cottrell, E. Fonseca Capdevila, Enrique, M.A. Grau Ruiz, X. Guo, D.L. Jarvie, T. Kawakatsu, C. Kettner, M. Kicia, D. Kletzan-Slamanig, A. Köppl, L. Kreiser, A. Lerch, Y. Mao, I. Mersinia, A. Pirlot, M. Rosenstock, S. Rudolph, H. Sprohge, F. Vanswijgenhoven, M. Villar Ezcurra, R.H. Weber, J. Wu
Contents
Contents:
Foreword by Birgitte Egelund Olsen
Preface
PART I CASE STUDIES IN POLICY INTEGRATION
1. Climate Policy Integration: Evidence on Coherence in EU Policies
Claudia Kettner, Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig and Angela Köppl
2. Tax Treatment of the Interaction between Water and Energy
Marta Villar Ezcurra and Enrique Fonseca Capdevila
3. Subsidies to Fossil Energy Consumption in Italy: Assessment and Interaction with the Electricity Market
Marianna Antenucci and Michele Governatori
4. Toward a Sustainable Climate and Energy Policy Mix: Insights from Theory and the Case of Japan
Sven Rudolph, Takeshi Kawakatsu and Achim Lerch
5. European Renewable Energy Market Governance and Economic Crisis: a Taxation Makeover with Greece as a Case Study
Ioanna Mersinia
PART II THE CHALLENGES OF SUBSIDIES
6. Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Will it Make a Difference?
Malgorzata Kicia and Manfred Rosenstock
7. Tax Expenditures to Promote Environmentally Responsible Investment
Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz
8. Do you Get What you Pay for with United States Climate Change Tax Provisions?
Hans Sprohge and Larry Kreiser
9. Supporting Emission Reductions through a Viable Wind Energy Industry: Lessons for Australia
Karen Bubna-Litic
PART III COMPETITIVENESS CONSIDERATIONS
10. Environmental Border Tax Adjustments (BTAs): A Forgotten History
Alice Pirlot
11. Renewable Energy: Subsidies and Taxes as Competition Distortion
Rolf H. Weber
12. The Impact of Environmental Tax on Enterprise Competitiveness in China
Jian Wu, Yujiao Mao and Xingjie Guo
PART IV STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS
13. Reclaiming the ‘T’ Word: Ways of Improving Communication and Public Acceptance of Environmental Fiscal Reform in Europe
Jacqueline Cottrell
14. Regulatory Taxes as an Instrument to Foster Sustainability Transitions: An Exploratory Analysis
Kris Bachus and Frederic Vanswijgenhoven
15. Resilience Based Policy for Groundwater Protection
Deborah L. Jarvie
Index
Foreword by Birgitte Egelund Olsen
Preface
PART I CASE STUDIES IN POLICY INTEGRATION
1. Climate Policy Integration: Evidence on Coherence in EU Policies
Claudia Kettner, Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig and Angela Köppl
2. Tax Treatment of the Interaction between Water and Energy
Marta Villar Ezcurra and Enrique Fonseca Capdevila
3. Subsidies to Fossil Energy Consumption in Italy: Assessment and Interaction with the Electricity Market
Marianna Antenucci and Michele Governatori
4. Toward a Sustainable Climate and Energy Policy Mix: Insights from Theory and the Case of Japan
Sven Rudolph, Takeshi Kawakatsu and Achim Lerch
5. European Renewable Energy Market Governance and Economic Crisis: a Taxation Makeover with Greece as a Case Study
Ioanna Mersinia
PART II THE CHALLENGES OF SUBSIDIES
6. Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Will it Make a Difference?
Malgorzata Kicia and Manfred Rosenstock
7. Tax Expenditures to Promote Environmentally Responsible Investment
Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz
8. Do you Get What you Pay for with United States Climate Change Tax Provisions?
Hans Sprohge and Larry Kreiser
9. Supporting Emission Reductions through a Viable Wind Energy Industry: Lessons for Australia
Karen Bubna-Litic
PART III COMPETITIVENESS CONSIDERATIONS
10. Environmental Border Tax Adjustments (BTAs): A Forgotten History
Alice Pirlot
11. Renewable Energy: Subsidies and Taxes as Competition Distortion
Rolf H. Weber
12. The Impact of Environmental Tax on Enterprise Competitiveness in China
Jian Wu, Yujiao Mao and Xingjie Guo
PART IV STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS
13. Reclaiming the ‘T’ Word: Ways of Improving Communication and Public Acceptance of Environmental Fiscal Reform in Europe
Jacqueline Cottrell
14. Regulatory Taxes as an Instrument to Foster Sustainability Transitions: An Exploratory Analysis
Kris Bachus and Frederic Vanswijgenhoven
15. Resilience Based Policy for Groundwater Protection
Deborah L. Jarvie
Index
