This paper discusses the proposal of European Community to introduce a carbon- energy tax with the aim to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless the relative successful of this initiative, the volatility of the prices of permits and firms free allocation of permits may undermine the...

In the European debate an increase in employment is generally regarded as an important extra-dividend-in addition to improved environmental quality-from environmental taxes. The scope of this paper is to evaluate, going through the existing empirical literature, if-and to what degree-this result...

The emphasis of the book lies in finding critical solutions to global climate change including chapters on environmental fiscal reform and unemployment in Spain, EU structural and cohesion policy and sustainable development, ecological tax reform in Europe and Asia, Australia’s carbon...