Environmentally related taxes in OECD countries : issues and strategies.
It is now widely recognised that a greater use of market based instruments is a key element of effective and economically efficient environmental policies, and an important framework condition for sustainable development. Hence, over the last decade, economic instruments have been playing a growing...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris :
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
[2001]
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| Series: | Environment (Paris, France).
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| Online Access: | OECD |
| Summary: | It is now widely recognised that a greater use of market based instruments is a key element of effective and economically efficient environmental policies, and an important framework condition for sustainable development. Hence, over the last decade, economic instruments have been playing a growing role in environmental policies of OECD countries. In this context, a distinctive feature is the increasing role of environmentally related taxes. All countries have introduced environmental taxes to a varying extent, and an increasing number of countries are implementing comprehensive green-tax reforms, while others are contemplating doing so. This report analyses current use of environmentally related taxes in OECD Member countries. Focus is given to their environmental effectiveness. The report identifies obstacles to a broader use of such taxes -- in particular the fear of loss of sectoral competitiveness -- and ways to overcome such problems. |
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| Item Description: | "The report was prepared ... under the aegis of both the Committee on Fiscal Affairs and the Environment Policy Committee ... the final report was prepared by Jean-Philippe Barde ..."--Page 3. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1280235357 9781280235351 9264293655 9264193650 9789264293656 9789264193659 |
| DOI: | 10.1787/9789264193659-en |