This article investigates the effects of trade liberalization on transboundary pollution associated with consumption and global welfare in a reciprocal-markets model. We find that a bilateral reduction in tariffs is beneficial to the global environment. Moreover, trade liberalization will...

This paper focuses on market incentives by the introduction of a construction minerals tax as an example of a resource tax. Currently, various European countries levy taxes or duties on primary construction materials, but a harmonisation of the taxation is not planned. Provided the tax rate has...

This article addresses the mediating effect of corruption on the influence of stringency of environmental regulation on firms' voluntary environmental performance. Using panel data from adoption of the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) across European Union countries from 1995 to 2011,...

В статье осуществлен сравнительный анализ российской и зарубежной практики регулирования негативного воздействия на окружающую среду посредством...

В статье осуществлен сравнительный анализ российской и зарубежной практики регулирования негативного воздействия на окружающую среду посредством...

IEMS Faculty Associate Prof. Wenbo Wang examines how people become green by studying a policy change in China which obligated consumers to purchase plastic bags rather than receive them for free.

Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China’s endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. Indeed, aligned with China’s grand experiment with low-carbon provinces and low-carbon cities in six provinces and thirty-six...

This article concerns the system of charges for use of the environment in Poland. It sets out the definition of “entity using the environment” and the most important types of reports and the resulting fees, that are required to provide by entities using the environment. The article presents...

Motor fuel taxes are primarily revenue-raising taxes. However, due to high fuel consumption these taxes can be quite an efficient source of general budget revenue in many countries. It seems that the taxes on motor fuels may also be useful instruments for environmental policy or climate change...

Motor fuel taxes are primarily revenue-raising taxes. However, due to high fuel consumption these taxes can be quite an efficient source of general budget revenue in many countries. It seems that the taxes on motor fuels may also be useful instruments for environmental policy or climate change...