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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812703903321

Autore

Parry Ian

Titolo

Environmental Tax Reform : : Principles from Theory and Practice to Date / / Ian Parry, John Norregaard, Dirk Heine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-2414-5

1-4755-5235-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

HeineDirk

NorregaardJohn

Disciplina

332.1

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Taxation - Reform

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Economic sectors

Energy: Government Policy

Environment

Environmental Economics

Environmental economics

Environmental Economics: General

Environmental Economics: Government Policy

Environmental impact charges

Environmental sciences

Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

Environmental taxes

Excise taxes

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Fuel tax

Gas industry

Hydrocarbon Resources

Industries: Energy

Motor fuels;Taxation

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Natural gas sector

Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy

Petroleum, oil & gas industries

Public expenditure review

Public finance & taxation



Public Finance

Redistributive Effects

Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities

Taxation

Taxes

Vietnam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Revenues from Environmentally Related Taxation, 2008; II. Principles of Environmental Tax Design; A. Tax Design in a (Hypothetical) Economy with a Single Externality Distortion; 2. Welfare Effects of Environmental Taxes in the Pigouvian Framework; Boxes; 1. Uncertainties in Measuring Local Pollution Damages; 2. The Problems with Tax 'Notches'; B. Multiple-Externality Situations; C. Other Pre-Existing Distortions; 3. Distortions in Technology Markets; 4. Coverage of Energy under the Value-Added Tax System

D. Some Practical Concerns: Distribution and CompetitivenessE. Summary; III. Environmental Tax Systems and Reforms: The Case of Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam; 5. Environmental Tax Reforms in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and Vietnam; A. Comparing Energy Systems in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and Vietnam; 3. Fuel Mix in Electricity Generation; B. Externality Assessment; 4. Fuel Mix in Total Energy Consumption; C. Evaluating Environmental Tax Systems; 5. Coal Externalities and Taxes; 6. Natural Gas Externalities and Taxes; 7. Light Fuel Oil Externalities and Taxes; D. Conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper recommends a system of upstream taxes on fossil fuels, combined with refunds for downstream emissions capture, to reduce carbon and local pollution emissions. Motor fuel taxes should also account for congestion and other externalities associated with vehicle use, at least until mileage-based taxes are widely introduced. An examination of existing energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy reform. This includes harmonizing taxes for pollution content across different fuels and end-users, better aligning tax rates with values for externalities, and scaling back taxes on vehicle ownership and electricity use that are redundant (on environmental grounds) in the presence of more targeted taxes.