Consequences of environmental tax reform for unemployment and welfare

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-150

  Bovenberg, A Lans ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Frederick ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double dividend; Environmental quality; Fixed factor; Involuntary unemployment; Labour tax; Optimal taxation; Pollution; Tax reform; Triple dividend

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; TAXATION; WAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TAX REFORM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; TAX REFORM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032171535     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016040327622     Document Type: Article

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