Carbon Pricing: Design, Experiences and Issues (Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series, 15) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785360221 ISBN 13: 9781785360220

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

'After the drop in the price of oil, the issue of a carbon tax to complement the EU emission trading scheme is coming back to the fore of political debate. In this volume on carbon pricing, the reader can find an excellent mix of economic theory and policy analysis. To anyone interested in this field, this collection of papers represents a very important contribution to an in-depth understanding of the main tools that can be used to successfully fight climate change.'
- Alberto Majocchi, University of Pavia, Italy

Carbon Pricing reflects upon and further develops the ongoing and worthwhile global debate into how to design carbon pricing, as well as how to utilize the financial proceeds in the best possible way for society.

The world has recently witnessed a significant downward adjustment in fossil fuel prices, which has negative implications for the future of our environment. In light of these negative developments, it is important to understand the benefits of environmental sustainability through well-documented research. This discerning book considers the design of carbon taxes and examines the consequential outcomes of different taxation compositions as regulatory instruments. Expert contributors assess a variety of national experiences to provide an empirical insight into the use of carbon taxes, emissions trading, energy taxes and excise taxes. The overarching discussion concludes that successful policies used by some countries can be implemented in other jurisdictions with minimum new research and experimentation.

This astute work will benefit scholars, practitioners and policymakers alike with an interest in the fields of environmental law, environmental economics, sustainable development and taxation law.

Contributors: B. Bahn-Walkowiak, J. Bruha, H. Bruhova-Foltınovà, B. Butcher, M. Calaf Forn, N. Chalifour, S. Cheng, E. Croci, S. Elgie, E. Guglyuvatyy, M. Jofra Sora, C. Kettner, K. Kratena, E. Meyer, I. Meyer, S. Onoda, J. Papy, T.F. Pedersen, V. Pisa, I. Puig Ventosa, A. Ravazzi Douvan, M. Sargl, K. Schlegelmilch, M.W. Sommer, N.P. Stoianoff, P. ten Brink, W.E. Weishaar, H. Wilts, S. Withana, Sirini, G. Wittmann, A. Wolfsteiner

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About the Author:

Edited by Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Cleveland State University, US, Mikael Skou Andersen, Professor of Environmental Policy Analysis, Birgitte Egelund Olsen, Professor of Law, Aarhus University, Stefan Speck, Project Manager, European Environment Agency (EEA) Denmark, Janet E. Milne, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School, US and Hope Ashiabor, Associate Professor of Law, Macquarie University, Australia

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1785360221
• ISBN 13: 9781785360220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Kreiser Larry, Andersen Mikael S., Olsen Birgitte E., Speck Stefan, Milne Janet E., Ashiabor Hope