Carbon-Energy Taxation: Lessons from Europe

By Mikael Skou Andersen and Paul Ekins

When taxes are introduced on carbon and energy, and the revenue is used to reduce other taxes, will a positive effect be achieved both for the environment and for the economy? In 1990 Finland was the first country to introduce a tax on CO2. Later, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany and the UK followed suit with tax reforms that shifted taxation from labour to carbon and energy. Over the years, CO {2} and energy taxes have gradually been raised, so that in Europe taxes of more than 25 billion Euros a year have been shifted.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019957068X
• ISBN13: 9780199570683
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"