Lessons from the polder: Energy tax design in The Netherlands from a climate change perspective

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 660-672

  Vollebergh, Herman R J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; ; Energy taxes; ; Regulatory taxation; ; Specific and ad valorem taxation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; ENERGY MARKET; TAX SYSTEM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049017341     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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