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Environmental economists have in general paid little or no attention to the political context within which green taxation would be introduced. In order to understand the real-life politics of green taxation, it is necessary to establish which political constraints determine the actual design of green taxes. Daugbjerg and Svendsen identify rent-seeking, party politics, and policy networks as the three main constraints in environmental regulation. This analysis forms the basis of policy recommendations on the future design of green taxation and international permit trading. Even though these policy recommendations are second best in strict economic terms, they are the best economic designs given that they must be politically feasible.
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CARSTEN DAUGBJERG is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of Policy Networks under Pressure: Pollution Control, Policy Reform and the Power of Farmers and he has published several articles in Scandinavian and international journals.
GERT TINGGAARD SVENDSEN is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, The Aarhus School of Business. He is the author of Public Choice and Environmental Regulation: Tradable Permit Systems in United States and CO2 Taxation in Europe and of numerous articles in leading international and Scandinavian journals.
GERT TINGGAARD SVENDSEN is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, The Aarhus School of Business. He is the author of Public Choice and Environmental Regulation: Tradable Permit Systems in United States and CO2 Taxation in Europe and of numerous articles in leading international and Scandinavian journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Taxation in Question
Book Subtitle: Politics and Economic Efficiency in Environmental Regulation
Authors: Carsten Daugbjerg, Gert Tinggaard Svendsen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595538
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Carsten Daugbjerg and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-77649-0Published: 16 October 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41710-0Published: 16 October 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59553-8Published: 16 October 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Economics, Environment, general, International Political Economy