Electricity: Taxes on emission liabilities. An examination of the economic effectiveness of Polluter Pays Principles

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-235

  Rahman, Akim M ^a,b   Edwards, Clive A ^b  

^a Ohio Department of Education   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal combustion; Electricity generation; Global warming

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRON EMISSION; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

EMISSION LIABILITIES;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE; POLLUTION POLICY; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 0041438560     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00285-9     Document Type: Article

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