Introduction: why this book? -- Foreword / Joachim von Braun, Chair of the German Government's Bioeconomy Council -- Background and overview of the book / E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK, Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute -- Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based...

Environmental taxes differ from each other according to the functions they serve and the manner in which they are implemented. This study highlights the appropriateness of different kinds of environmental taxes against a rigorous framework of theory and case study evidence. The purpose of this...