There are studies that suggests that the use of environmental taxes to promote the consumption of “clean goods” could have unwanted effects in that it leads to the consumption of “dirty goods”. The results will depend on the multiple effects of cross-price elasticities. This paper...

There are studies that suggests that the use of environmental taxes to promote the consumption of 'clean goods' could have unwanted effects in that it leads to the consumption of 'dirty goods'. The results will depend on the multiple effects of cross-price elasticities. This paper illustrates...

Green Taxation and Environmental Sustainability explores the critical issue of how taxes can be applied across relevant environmental areas – including transport, nuclear power, and water and waste management – to achieve sustainability.

Local air pollution and global climate change are two significant environmental problems which are interrelated. Some recent papers examine them together, but most of the relevant literature has focused either on climate change alone or on the ancillary benefits of mitigating it (in terms of air...

The significant increase in passenger transport activity (cars) experienced by Spain and its associated increase in energy consumption have several associated negative aspects, including a greater dependence on foreign energy sources and higher GHG emissions. Therefore, reducing the level of...

This paper identifies the main determinants of fuel consumption by households in the passenger transport sector in Spain (private cars). We estimate a Generalised Method of Moments model using quarterly (panel) data on automotive fuel consumption by 8,000 households between 1998 and 2005. The...