An Excise Tax on Municipal Solid Waste?

Theory and Practice of Excise Taxation: Smoking, Drinking, Gambling, Polluting, and Driving

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fullerton, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposit refund scheme; Excise taxation; Garbage collection; Municipal waste; Pigouvian tax reform; Tax subsidy scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920106135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199278598.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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