vehicles. In fact, we consider (a) a special regional tax, (b) reallocation of financial resource within the provincial budget …

Since 1997 the Netherlands has a tax allowance scheme introduced to promote investments in energy saving technologies … and sustainable energy production. This Energy Investment Tax Allowance (EIA in Dutch) reduces up-front investment costs … is still part of the Dutch energy policy mix. Our evaluation of the EIA contains four lessons. First, the use of tax …

A simulation model of international tourist flows is used to estimate the impact of a carbon tax on aviation fuel. The … effect of the tax on travel behaviour is small: a global $1000/tC would change travel behaviour to reduce carbon dioxide … emissions from international aviation by 0.8%. This is because the imposed tax is probably small relative to the air fare. A …

determinants of environmental policies’ stringency, and show that differences in corruption levels are more important as … explanatory factor when compared to income differentials. Since high levels of corruption characterize some countries in the …

potential scope for rent seeking and corruption. The insights of a model of political influence by interest groups are tested …

corrupt economies in resource-rich countries. An empirical analysis of available corruption indices suggests that instability …-led looting provides a more fundamental explanation of perceived corruption than do various social and cultural indicators or the …

less corruption, more social welfare and education spending, more open markets, and better functioning government …

, one associated with high and another with low corruption. Corrupted politicians induce high levels of tax evasion … corruption equilibrium by choosing the appropriate tax rate and, through institutional changes, the rates of peculation. … politicians. Citizens are the only producers of a single good and choose the proportion of their income to declare to the tax …

This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …