The Role of Fiscal Instruments in Environmental Policy

Katri Kosonen, Gaëtan J.A. Nicodème and Gaëtan J.A. Nicodeme
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Gaetan J.A. Nicodeme

No 2719, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Environmental protection is one of Europe's key values. The EU has set clear policy objectives to achieve its environmental goals. The EU has favoured market-based instruments, among which fiscal instruments to tackle the climate change problem. This paper takes a policy-making perspective and provides an overview of key issues on the role of fiscal instruments in energy and environmental policies. It describes fiscal instruments as cost-effective means to promote environmental goals and highlights in which cases taxes and other types of fiscal instruments can usefully complement each other to achieve environmental target.

Keywords: taxation; environmental policy; VAT; fiscal incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H23 Q38 Q48 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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