Trading taxes vs. paying taxes to value and finance public environmental goods

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-549

  Bergstrom, John C ^a   Boyle, Kevin J ^b   Yabe, Mitsuyasu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

contingent valuation; environmental goods; special tax; tax reallocation; water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; TAX RELLOCATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION; VEHICLES; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GROUNDWATER; TAX SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GEORGIA; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043165672     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000036779.58923.02     Document Type: Article

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