Carbon Pricing

Edited by Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Cleveland State University, US, Mikael Skou Andersen, Professor of Environmental Policy Analysis, Birgitte Egelund Olsen, Professor of Law, Aarhus University, Stefan Speck, Project Manager, European Environment Agency (EEA) Denmark, Janet E. Milne, Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, Vermont Law School, US and Hope Ashiabor, Dr., University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

‘After the drop in the price of oil, the issue of a carbon tax to complement the EU emission trading scheme is coming back to the fore of political debate. In this volume on carbon pricing, the reader can find an excellent mix of economic theory and policy analysis. To anyone interested in this field, this collection of papers represents a very important contribution to an in-depth understanding of the main tools that can be used to successfully fight climate change.’

• Contents:Foreword By Mikael Skou AndersenPrefacePART I CARBON TAXES AND EMISSIONS TRADING1. A Template for the World: British Columbia’s Carbon Tax ShiftThomas F. Pedersen and Stewart Elgie2. The Cost of Enforcing Carbon Pricing Mechanisms: A Comparison of the British Columbia Carbon Tax and the Québec Emissions Trading System Nathalie Chalifour and Jacques Papy3. Fault Lines Between Fees and Taxes: Legal Obstacles for LinkingStefan E. Weishaar4. Policy Changes on Ecological Tax Reform/Carbon Tax in Germany and JapanShinji Onoda and Kai Schlegelmilch5. The EU Emission Trading Scheme: First Evidence on Phase 3Claudia Kettner6. The Regensburg Model: Emissions Trading Between Countries Based on a Global CO2 Budget, National Emission Pathways and Gradual Climate JusticeManfred Sargl, Andreas Wolfsteiner and Günter Wittmann7. Carbon Tariffs and Developing Countries: The Case for Special and Differential TreatmentSelina Cheng and Bill ButcherPART II ENERGY AND EXCISE TAXES8. Reforming The EU Vat System to Support the Transition to a Low-Carbon and Resource Efficient Economy Bettina Bahn-Walkowiak and Henning Wilts9. Long-Term Climate Mitigation and Energy Use in Austria: The Impacts of Carbon and Energy PricesKurt Kratena, Ina Meyer and Mark Wolfgang Sommer10. Urban Road Pricing: The Experience of MilanEdoardo Croci and Aldo Ravazzi Douvan11. Motor Fuel Taxation in Central Europe and International Tax Competition: Simulation of Motor Fuel Tax HarmonizationJan Brůha, Hana Brůhova-Foltýnovà and Vitězslav PišaPART III ANALYZING POLICY CHOICES12. Climate Change Law and Policy Making: The Utility of the Delphi MethodEvgney Guglyuvatyy and Natalie P. Stoianoff13. Motivating Environmental Tax Reform Through Coalitions of Like-Minded CountriesSirini Withana and Patrick Ten Brink14. Developments and Opportunities for an Ecological Tax Reform in SpainIgnasi Puig Ventosa, Eike Meyer, Marta Jofra Sora and Maria Calaf FornIndex