Environmental taxation and the double dividend

• Other Authors: Mooij, Ruud A. de
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science BV, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 246.
• Subjects: Environmental impact charges > Netherlands.; Business & Economics > Taxation > General.; Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Environmental economics.; Taxation.

Environmental Taxation and the Double Dividend explores the welfare effects of environmental taxes in a second-best framework. It starts from a benchmark model which reveals that environmental taxes typically exacerbate pre-existing tax distortions, even if the revenues are used to cut other distort...