Taxing energy to improve the environment: Efficiency and distributional effects

Economist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-69

  Heijdra, Ben J ^a   Van Der Horst, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy taxation; Environmental policy; Intergenerational welfare effects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX;

EID: 0034104782     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003912412062     Document Type: Article

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