Environmental Taxation

Roberton Williams

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Abstract: This paper examines potential environmental tax policy reforms. It focuses primarily on a carbon tax, but also more briefly considers a range of other possible changes. These include revising or eliminating various energy and environmental tax credits and deductions (many of which might become unnecessary in the presence of a carbon tax), as well as changes to energy taxes that have substantial environmental implications (such as the federal gasoline tax). The paper draws on recent theoretical and empirical research to evaluate the effects of such reforms on tax revenue, pollution emissions, economic efficiency, and income distribution.

Keywords: environmental tax; green tax; carbon tax; gasoline tax; emissions pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H21 H22 H23 Q50 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06-15
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