Sustainable development is a concept strictly connected with basic needs of the poorest populations. Using a macroeconomic measure of sustainability such the World Bank's Genuine Saving and a measure of quality of life such the United Nations' Human Development Index, we build a model in order...

The paper surveys the literature on environmental taxation in the context of the climate change problem. It reviews the use of taxes as instruments of environmental management and notes the strengths and weaknesses of the applications. The performance of taxes relative to permits depends on the...

This work aims at analysing the impacts of an aviation tax in Italy and at proposing a general methodology to manage the complex effects of introducing environmental taxes. After a review of the literature and the analysis of the possible structures of the tax, its effects, at various levels,...