Environmental 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, Vermont Law School and Director of the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, US and Hope Ashiabor, Dr., University of New South Wales Business School, Australia

‘Environmental Pricing is an interesting book containing a broad collection of chapters that discuss issues of relevance for environmental policymaking. The topics range from support for renewable energy and fossil fuels via environmental taxation to policies for water management. The book provides relevant information regarding the many issues covered, and some chapters will stimulate further debate.’

• Contents:Foreword by Birgitte Egelund OlsenPrefacePART I CASE STUDIES IN POLICY INTEGRATION1. Climate Policy Integration: Evidence on Coherence in EU PoliciesClaudia Kettner, Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig and Angela Köppl2. Tax Treatment of the Interaction between Water and Energy Marta Villar Ezcurra and Enrique Fonseca Capdevila3. Subsidies to Fossil Energy Consumption in Italy: Assessment and Interaction with the Electricity MarketMarianna Antenucci and Michele Governatori4. Toward a Sustainable Climate and Energy Policy Mix: Insights from Theory and the Case of JapanSven Rudolph, Takeshi Kawakatsu and Achim Lerch5. European Renewable Energy Market Governance and Economic Crisis: a Taxation Makeover with Greece as a Case StudyIoanna MersiniaPART II THE CHALLENGES OF SUBSIDIES6. Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Will it Make a Difference?Malgorzata Kicia and Manfred Rosenstock7. Tax Expenditures to Promote Environmentally Responsible InvestmentMaria Amparo Grau Ruiz8. Do you Get What you Pay for with United States Climate Change Tax Provisions?Hans Sprohge and Larry Kreiser9. Supporting Emission Reductions through a Viable Wind Energy Industry: Lessons for AustraliaKaren Bubna-LiticPART III COMPETITIVENESS CONSIDERATIONS10. Environmental Border Tax Adjustments (BTAs): A Forgotten HistoryAlice Pirlot11. Renewable Energy: Subsidies and Taxes as Competition DistortionRolf H. Weber12. The Impact of Environmental Tax on Enterprise Competitiveness in ChinaJian Wu, Yujiao Mao and Xingjie GuoPART IV STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS13. Reclaiming the ‘T’ Word: Ways of Improving Communication and Public Acceptance of Environmental Fiscal Reform in EuropeJacqueline Cottrell14. Regulatory Taxes as an Instrument to Foster Sustainability Transitions: An Exploratory Analysis Kris Bachus and Frederic Vanswijgenhoven15. Resilience Based Policy for Groundwater ProtectionDeborah L. JarvieIndex