US Energy Tax Policy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Metcalf, Gilbert E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The United States face enormous challenges in the energy area. Climate change, biofuels policy, energy security and environmental degradation are all intimately bound up with energy production and consumption. Historically, the federal government has relied on tax subsidies to effect energy policy. With mounting federal deficits, policymakers and advocates are increasingly calling for a rethinking of our energy tax policy. How can the federal tax code strengthen environmental policy and reduce security concerns in the area of energy? The authors tackle such difficult problems as climate change, efficient taxation of oil and gas, and optimal oil tax policy in a world with OPEC oil producers dominating world oil supply. This volume presents a number of innovative policy suggestions backed by sophisticated and cutting-edge research carried out by leading scholars in the area of energy taxation.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511993749
• Artikelnr.: 52954719

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Gilbert E. Metcalf; 2. Distributional impacts of carbon
pricing policies in the electricity sector Dallas Burtraw, Margaret Walls
and Joshua Blonz; Comments Don Fullerton, Comments Terry M. Dinan; 3.
Distributional impacts of a US greenhouse gas policy: a general equilibrium
analysis of carbon pricing Sebastian Rausch, Gilbert E. Metcalf, John M.
Reilly and Sergey Paltsev; Comments Richard D. Morgenstern; 4. Instrument
choice is instrument design David Weisbach; Comments Eric Toder; 5. Taxes,
permits, and climate change Louis Kaplow; 6. Border adjustments for carbon
taxes and the cost of emissions permits: economic, administrative, and
legal issues Charles E. McLure; 7. Taxes and caps as climate policy
instruments with domestic and imported fuels Jon Strand; 8. How much should
highway fuels be taxed? Ian W. H. Parry; Comments Roberton C. Williams III;
9. State tax policy and oil production: the role of the severance tax and
credits for drilling expenses Ujjayant Chakravorty, Shelby Gerking and
Andrew Leach; 10. The social costs and benefits of US biofuel policies with
pre-existing distortions Harry de Gorter and David R. Just; Comments Brent
Yacobucci.