advances over the last decades. The objective of this paper is to evaluate one form of environmental taxation, the French tax … on air pollution from 1990-99. While starting out in 1985 as a tax levied only on emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2 … ), the tax base was subsequently extended to encompass also emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and …

advances over the last decades. The objective of this paper is to evaluate one form of environmental taxation, the French tax … on air pollution from 1990-99. While starting out in 1985 as a tax levied only on emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), the … tax base was subsequently extended to encompass also emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and …