Ecological tax reform : a policy proposal for sustainable development / Ernst U. von Weizsäcker and Jochen Jesinghaus ; [translated by Richard Janssen].
1992
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Title
Ecological tax reform : a policy proposal for sustainable development / Ernst U. von Weizsäcker and Jochen Jesinghaus ; [translated by Richard Janssen].
Published
London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1992.
Call Number
HD75.6 .W45 1992
ISBN
1856490963 (pbk.)
1856490955 (hard)
1856490955 (hard)
Description
90 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)26499731
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1
1
Introduction: The Crisis Runs Deeper Than We Think
3
2
Increasing the Productivity of Natural
Resources and Energy
10
3
Economic instruments of Environmental Policy
14
Tradeable Permits
14
Special Charges
16
Ecological Tax Reform
18
Cutting Subsidies
21
4
The Polluter Pays Principle and External Costs
23
5
The Importance of Price Elasticity
27
6
Price Elasticity for Fuels: A New Measurement Concept
31
Elasticity in the Past
31
A 'Retro-Prognosis'
41
Valid for the Future?
42
7
What Would Happen If There Were a Significant Annual Increase in Fuel Prices?
44
Extrapolation from the Empirically Derived Elasticity of Macro-economic Fuel Efficiency
44
A System Dynamics Simulation
46
The Possibilities of Even More Dramatic Changes
50
8
Objections and Obstacles to Ecological Tax Reform
57
The Fiscal Policy Objection: The conflicting goals of yield vs. steering effect
57
The Social Policy Objection. 'Green taxes aren't fair'
59
The Environmental Policy Objection: 'Revenues should be purpose-linked'
61
The Economic Policy Objection: 'Ecological taxes are a burden on the economy'
62
The Voter Objection: 'Ecological taxes aren't popular'
65
The Effectiveness Objection: 'There are instruments which work faster and with greater precision than ecological taxes'
66
The Inertia Objection: 'Ecological taxes will throw everything into disorder'
67
The Harmonisation Objection: 'Ecological taxes cannot be harmonised within the EC'
68
Objections from the Losers
70
9
The International Dimension
71
Industrialised Countries
71
Developing Countries
73
10
What Makes Ecological Tax Reform Attractive for the Business World?
80
Notes and References
85
Index
88