The green market transition : carbon taxes, energy subsidies and smart instrument mixes / edited by Stefan E. Weishaar, associate professor of law and economics, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weishaar, Stefan E., editor.

Series:

Critical issues in environmental taxation ; v. 19.

Critical issues in environmental taxation ; volume xix

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon taxes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

The Paris Agreement on climate change constitutes an important milestone in international climate negotiations. Its key objective is the strengthening of the global response to climate change by transitioning the world to an increasingly green economy. In this book, environmental tax and climate law experts address the various issues surrounding green market transitions. Key chapters examine carbon taxes and systems of implementation, energy subsidies, and support schemes for carbon and energy policies. Using a multitude of international case studies, several contributing authors reflect on the underlying policy dynamics and the constraints of various fiscal measures. In addition, this timely work considers the important issue of smart instrument mixes, going beyond instrument choice to examine how they can work in harmony together. Astute and engaging, this book is a vital companion for students and scholars in environmental law, economics and sustainability. Its practical approach also renders it an excellent guide for policy makers and those involved in fiscal reform and green market transition.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Carbon taxes. 1. Carbon tax choices : the tale of four states / Janet E. Milne

2. Carbon taxation in EU member states : evidence from the transport sector / Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig

3. The effect of carbon taxes on emissions and carbon leakage : evidence from the European Union / Maria Alsina Pujols

4. To incentivise or penalise : an analysis of the proposed carbon tax in South Africa / Lee-Ann Steenkamp

5. Is the use of carbon offsets in the South African carbon tax a smart mix? / Memory Machingambi

6. Linking carbon tax systems under the Paris Agreement : potentials and risks / Nicolas Kreibich and Hanna Wang-Helmreich

Part II. Energy subsidies and support schemes. 7. Renewable energy deployment at the interplay between support policies and fossil fuel subsidies / Martina Zahno and Paula Castro

8. Considerations against subsidies and tax incentives for nuclear energy / Hans Sprohge and Larry Kreiser

9. Economic effects of reforming energy tax exemptions for the industry in Germany / Anett Grossmann, Christian Lutz

10. Parafiscal charges and contributions to general electricity networks : a legal analysis of its nature under the scope of directive 2003/96 and the EU State aids regime / Marta Villar Ezcurra and Enrique Fonseca Capdevila

Part III. Policy dynamics and constraints. 11. Why are green fiscal policies such a small part of green economic policies? evidence from three European countries / Geert Woltjer, Marius Hasenheit, Vasileios Rizos, Igor Taranic, Cristian Stroia

12. Conceptualising a tax policy mix for resource efficiency : selected results from a three transition pathways approach / Bettina Bahn-Walkoviak, Henning Wilts, Mark Meyer and Martin Distelkamp

13. System complexity as key determinant in achieving efficacious policy transposition and implementation / Claudia Fruhmann, Andreas Tuerk, Veronika Kulmer, Sebastian Seebauer

14. Developing the North American carbon market prospects for sustainable linking / Sven Rudolph, Achim Lerch, Takeshi Kawakatsu

15. Towards a 'third dividend' analysis for innovative environmental taxation policies and allocations : a smart instrument mix for the reduction of co2 emissions / Sixtine Van Outryve D'Ydewalle and Sébastien Wolff

Part IV. In search of instruments in other policy areas. 16. Landscape and taxation : the "minor" instruments / Silvia Giorgi

17. Exploring the policy mix for biodiversity financing : opportunities provided by environmental fiscal instruments in the EU / Andrea Illes, Marianne Kettunen, Patrick Ten Brink, Rui Santos, Nils Droste and Irene Ring

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 29, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78811-117-6