COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES IN EU AND CROATIA

Sabina Hodzic () and Vjekoslav Bratić ()
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Sabina Hodzic: University of Rijeka

Economic Thought and Practice, 2015, vol. 24, issue 2, 555-578

Abstract: In order to protect environment, some states use different fiscal and parafiscal instruments that can be financially significant. One of these instruments are enviornmental taxes, which have a positive influence on the environment. The aim of this paper is to analyse types, importance and financial impact of environmental taxes in EU and Croatia. Analysis of an average revenue share from environmental taxes in GDP had shown that in the period between 2000 and 2013 the biggest average was recorded in Denmark (4.52%) and Netherlands (3.45%), and the lowest in France (1.97%) and Spain (1.82%). In Croatia there are eight different types of environmental taxes and charges. Their total share in revenues in the state budget was 3.45 % of gross domestic product in 2013 .In the period between 2008 and 2012 budgets of the Republic of Croatia collected the highest amount of tax revenue from energy tax, while natural resources taxes were negligible.

Keywords: economic instruments; environmental protection; environmental tax; EU; Croatia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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