Behavioral and distributional effects of environmental policy /:

Most people would agree that it makes sense to tax a company that pollutes in a way that directly reflects the amount of environmental and social damage it has done. Yet in practice, such taxes are fraught with difficulty and have far-reaching implications. A company facing a new tax may lay off wor...

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Weitere Verfasser: Carraro, Carlo, Metcalf, Gilbert E.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Zusammenfassung:Most people would agree that it makes sense to tax a company that pollutes in a way that directly reflects the amount of environmental and social damage it has done. Yet in practice, such taxes are fraught with difficulty and have far-reaching implications. A company facing a new tax may lay off workers, for example, exacerbating an unemployment problem. This volume focuses on such external issues and examines in detail the trade-offs involved in designing policies to deal with environmental problems. Reflecting the broad nature of the subject, the contributors include leading economists in th.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 360 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226094809
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9781282004795
9786612004797
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