Environmental policy, tax incidence, and the cost of public funds

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-207

  Ligthart, Jenny E ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost of public funds; Double dividend; Environmental externalities; Optimal taxation; Pollution; Public abatement; Public goods; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; OPTIMAL TAXATION; PUBLIC GOODS; TAX INCIDENCE;

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 0032976233     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008258320732     Document Type: Article

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