Environmental taxes : recent developments in China and OECD countries.
| Other author | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999. |
| Description | 327 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | China in the global economy China in the global economy. ^A420001 |
| Contents | Environmental taxes in OECD countries; an overview / Jean-Philippe Barde -- Environmentally-related taxes: a tax policy perspective / Susan Himes and Flip de Kam -- Taxation and the environment in China: practice and perspectives / Jinnan Wing, Chazhong Ge and Jintian Yang; Aiwa Song and Dongsheng Wang; Qifeng Liu -- Subsidy policy and the environment in China / Chazhong Ge, Shuting Gao Jinnan Wang, Jintian Yang and Dong Cao -- Gains from reducing coal support, with particular reference to the UK experience / Jan Pieters. |
| Contents | Reform of subsidies to the energy sector: the experience of Russia / Alexander Golub and Elena Strukova with contributions from E. Gurvich and E. Tsigelnik -- Reforming agricultural policies and the environment: the experience in OECD countries / Wilfrid Legg -- SO₂ charge and tax policies in China: experiment and reform / Dong Cao, Jintian Yang and Chazhong Ge -- Energy taxes -- the Danish model / Hans Larsen -- (Environmental) energy taxes: the experience of Finland / Gustav Teir -- Environmental taxation of transport / Stephen Perkins. |
| Abstract | This publication presents developments in designing and implementing environmental taxes in China and OECD countries. Key challenges and opportunities are highlighted, including the role of removing or reforming existing distortionary subsidies that are damaging to the environment, restructuring existing taxes, and introducing new environmental taxes. The papers were presented at an OECD Workshop held in October 1998. |
| General note | "Focus of a workshop held at the OECD on 5-6 October, 1998"--Page 3. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Environmental taxes. Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999 9789264173439 |
| Genre/form | Congresses. |
| Genre/form | proceedings (reports) |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Genre/form | Actes de congrès. |
| LCCN | 99521251 |
| ISBN | 9264170928 |
| ISBN | 9789264170926 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HJ5465 .E584 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |