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Author:   Larry Kreiser ,  Ana Yábar Sterling ,  Pedro Herrera ,  Janet E. Milne
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.596kg
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9781781009376

ISBN 10:   1781009376
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I: CARBON PRICING AND ENVIRONMENTAL FISCAL REFORM 1. Environmental Fiscal Reform and Unemployment in Spain Anil Markandya, Mikel González-Eguino and Marta Escapa 2. EU Structural and Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak, Arkaitz Usubiaga and Philipp Schepelmann 3. Decentralized Environmental Taxation: A Preliminary Assessment Fiorenza Carraro and Andrea Zatti PART II: LOW CARBON GREEN GROWTH 4. Taxation Reform for Promoting Low Carbon Green Growth in China Chazhong Ge, Xiaoqiong Li, Jinnan Wang, Yajuan Ren and Minbin Xue 5. Ecological Tax Reform in Europe and Central Asia Jacqueline Cottrell and Eike Meyer 6. Lower Carbon Energy: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas Hans Sprohge, Rahmat Tavallali, Larry Kreiser and Bill Butcher PART III: CARBON PRICING THROUGH EMISSIONS TRADING 7. Emissions Trading to Improve Visibility in Specially Protected Areas in the US: An Alternative to Retrofit Control Requirements in a Sustainable Economy Agustín F. Carbó Lugo 8. Related Party Transactions and Emissions Rights: Accounting and Direct International Taxation J.I. Gorospe-Oviedo and A.I. Mateos-Ansótegui 9. Harmful Subsidies on Fossil Fuels: ETS Windfall Profits and Coal Protection for Electricity in Spain Ana Yábar Sterling and Diana C. Perez Bustamante PART IV: EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES 10. GHG Emissions Trading Schemes in Northeast Asia: An Overview and Analysis of Current Scenarios Xianbing Liu, Sunhee Suk and Kinichi Sudo 11. Towards Sustainable Carbon Markets: Requirements for Effective, Efficient, and Fair Emissions Trading Schemes Sven Rudolph, Christine Lenz, Achim Lerch and Barbara Volmert 12. Linking Land Sector Activities to Emissions Trading: Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative Celeste M. Black PART V: IMPACTS OF CARBON PRICING 13. Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Emissions Reduction: A Comparative Study of Japan and South Korea Tae-Yeoun Lee 14. The Effects of Carbon/Energy Taxes on R&D Expenditure in Sweden Yasushi Ito 15. Carbon-Energy Tax, Emission Permits and Border Tax Adjustments Alberto Majocchi PART VI: CARBON LEAKAGE CONCERNS 16. Is Carbon Leakage Really Low? A Critical Reconsideration of the Leakage Concept Florian Habermacher 17. Australia’s Carbon Pricing Mechanism Elena de Lemos Pinto Aydos Index

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The scope, depth and persistence with which this book explores carbon pricing is admirable, reflecting that despite political reluctance it is a topic in all parts of the world. - Mikael Skou Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark and European Environment Agency Environmental taxation and emissions trading continue to be high on the public policy agenda in many countries, and this is another welcome and very interesting volume in the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series that presents new ideas and evidence on these subjects from a wide range of countries and a variety of perspectives. --- Paul Ekins, University College London, UK

`The scope, depth and persistence with which this book explores carbon pricing is admirable, reflecting that despite political reluctance it is a topic in all parts of the world.' -- Mikael Skou Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark and European Environment Agency `Environmental taxation and emissions trading continue to be high on the public policy agenda in many countries, and this is another welcome and very interesting volume in the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series that presents new ideas and evidence on these subjects from a wide range of countries and a variety of perspectives.' -- Paul Ekins, University College London, UK

'The scope, depth and persistence with which this book explores carbon pricing is admirable, reflecting that despite political reluctance it is a topic in all parts of the world.' - Mikael Skou Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark and European Environment Agency 'Environmental taxation and emissions trading continue to be high on the public policy agenda in many countries, and this is another welcome and very interesting volume in the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series that presents new ideas and evidence on these subjects from a wide range of countries and a variety of perspectives.' - Paul Ekins, University College London, UK

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Edited by Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Cleveland State University, US, Ana Yábar Sterling, Professor of Applied Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, Pedro Herrera, Assistant Professor of Taxation and Financial Law, National Distance University (UNED), Spain, Janet E. Milne, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, US and Hope Ashiabor, Dr., University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

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