Different policy instruments have been used to reduce the production and consumption of plastic products, and increase recycling. In particular, several countries have imposed either a ban or a tax on single-use plastic packaging, motivated by their contribution to marine plastic pollution....

The interrelationship between economic growth, efficient use of natural resources, and sustainability has been of great interest to economists, researchers and policy makers. Knowledge of actual causality direction between sustainability, efficiency and growth has important implications for...

Economic models of climate policy (or policies to combat other environmental problems) typically neglect psychological adaptation to changing life circumstances. People may adapt or become more sensitive, to different degrees, to a deteriorated environment. The present paper addresses these...

Gasoline taxes vary widely among industrialized countries, as does support for the United Nations' effort to curtail the use of fossil fuels to address the climate change problem. We argue that malapportionment of the electoral system affects both the rate at which governments tax gasoline and...

The tax treatment of transactions under an emissions trading scheme is of critical importance as the taxation system has the potential to either distort or support the scheme. As pointed out in the Australian Government's recent discussion paper, the "Green Paper", the primary tax policy...

What are the best climate change tax policies for governments with relatively small open economies such as the Canadian one? This chapter assesses recent Canadian government climate change tax policy initiatives, discusses the merits of carbon taxes versus cap and trade solutions then considers...