We compare the performance of four types of support schemes aimed at improving residential energy efficiency in France: the income tax credit, a grant scheme, the reduction of the value-added tax, and the White Certificates. We use the TREMI dataset which covers close to 14,000 households that...

Cap and trade mechanisms enjoy increasing importance in environmental legislations worldwide. One of the important aspects of designing cap and trade mechanisms is the possibility of authorities to grant emission permits for free. Unlike analyzed in the seminal contributions on cap and trade...

Einkommensschwache Haushalte können sich nachhaltige Produkte - wie Bio-Lebensmittel oder Fairtrade-Kleidung - oft nicht leisten. Das Gefühl von Einkommensungleichheit wird durch das Bedürfnis nach nachhaltigen, aber teureren Produkten verstärkt. Was kann der Staat in einer solchen Situation...

This article provides an overview of specific and systemic applications of energy taxes and environmental (or green) tax reforms. To do so it combines a theoretical and empirical assessment of the literature, with anon-exhaustive description of the practice of these instruments and packages in...

This paper presents a range of insights from recent literature on how climate-change policies and other environmental policies interact with the fiscal system. It explores four issues associated with fiscal interactions. First, it examines how these interactions influence the prospects for a...

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...

China's resource tax reform, beginning with Xinjiang as a pilot area in June 2010, marked a new stage in the progression of China's resource tax system. Based on the 2007 social accounting matrix (SAM) for Xinjiang, constructed by ourselves, this paper takes a regional perspective on China's...

Cap and trade mechanisms enjoy increasing importance in environmental legislations worldwide. One of the important aspects of designing cap and trade mechanisms is the possibility of authorities to grant emission permits for free. Unlike analyzed in the seminal contributions on cap and trade...

Einkommensschwache Haushalte können sich nachhaltige Produkte - wie Bio-Lebensmittel oder Fairtrade-Kleidung - oft nicht leisten. Das Gefühl von Einkommensungleichheit wird durch das Bedürfnis nach nachhaltigen, aber teureren Produkten verstärkt. Was kann der Staat in einer solchen Situation...

The European Commission is facing the challenge and opportunity of implementing the Green Deal while simultaneously initiating the recovery of the economy following the coronavirus crisis. Investments in the basic materials industry's transition to climate neutrality play a central role in this,...