U.S. energy tax policy / edited by Gilbert E. Metcalf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Metcalf, Gilbert E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy tax--United States.

Energy tax.

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States face enormous challenges in the energy area. Climate change, biofuels policy, energy security and environmental degradation are all intimately bound up with energy production and consumption. Historically, the federal government has relied on tax subsidies to effect energy policy. With mounting federal deficits, policymakers and advocates are increasingly calling for a rethinking of our energy tax policy. How can the federal tax code strengthen environmental policy and reduce security concerns in the area of energy? The authors tackle such difficult problems as climate change, efficient taxation of oil and gas, and optimal oil tax policy in a world with OPEC oil producers dominating world oil supply. This volume presents a number of innovative policy suggestions backed by sophisticated and cutting-edge research carried out by leading scholars in the area of energy taxation.

Contents:

Introduction / Gilbert E. Metcalf

Distributional impacts of carbon pricing policies in the electricity sector / Dallas Burtraw, Margaret Walls, and Joshua Blonz ; comments Don Fullerton, Terry M. Dinan

Distributional impacts of a U.S. greenhouse gas policy: a general equilibrium analysis of carbon pricing / Sebastian Rausch [and others] ; comments, Richard D. Morgenstern

Instrument choice is instrument design / David Weisbach ; comments Eric Toder

Taxes, permits, and climate change / Louis Kaplow

Border adjustments for carbon taxes and the cost of emissions permits: economic, administrative, and legal issues / Charles E. McLure, Jr.

Taxes and caps as climate policy instruments with domestic and imported fuels / Jon Strand

How much should highway fuels be taxed? / Ian W.H. Parry ; comments Roberton C. Williams III

State tax policy and oil production: the role of the severance tax and credits for drilling expenses / Ujjayant Chakravorty, Shelby Gerking and Andrew Leach

The social costs and benefits of U.S. biofuel policies with preexisting distortions / Harry de Gorter and David R. Just ; comments, Brent Yacobucci.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-99374-9

1-107-21475-0

1-283-05012-9

9786613050120

0-511-99154-1

0-511-99252-1

0-511-98873-7

0-511-98693-9

0-511-92186-1

0-511-99055-3

OCLC:

700706260