Green Fiscal Reform for a Sustainable Future

Edited by Natalie P. Stoianoff, Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property Program, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, Larry Kreiser, Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Cleveland State University, US, Bill Butcher, Director of Coursework Programs, Taxation and Business Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, 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

‘This book is an obligatory reference for students, policymakers​ ​and academics in environmental law, economics and​ ​sustainability and will serve as an excellent guide for those​ ​involved in fiscal reforms. All in all, the sum effect of this​ ​collection of chapters is a volume that offers thought​ ​provoking​ ​contributions for shaping future environmental​ ​tax policy.’

• Contents:PrefacePart I Fiscal Carbon Policy Development1. A Good F.A.C.T. For Climate Change MitigationCristina Brandimarte2. Tax Credit Hypothesis to Coordinate EU - ETS And EU Energy Tax SystemLorenzo del Federico and Silvia Giorgi3. Carbon Policy in Australia – A Political HistoryEvgeny Guglyuvatyy and Natalie P. Stoianoff4. Trends in the Greening of Energy and Vehicle Tax Systems - Japan and the EUAya Naito and Yuko MotokiPart II Trade, Taxation and Sustainability5. CO2 in GoodsAgime Gerbeti6. The Global Natural Resource Consumption TaxSally-Ann Joseph7. Potential Environmental Impacts of the Australia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and Fiscal InterventionSeck L. Tan8. The Impact of Environmental Taxes on Enterprise Behavior and Competitiveness – China’s iron and steel industryJian Wu, Xiao Wang and Zhe YangPart III National Experiences with Fuel and Energy Pricing9. Distributional Effects of Motor Fuel Taxation in the Czech RepublicJan Brůha, Hana Brůhová-Foltýnová and Vítězslav Píša10. Renewable Electricty Support in the EU – What Lessons Can Be Learned?Claudia Kettner and Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig11. Protecting Australian Gas Resource and the Need to Reserve and Promote the Use of Natural Gas for Australian IndustriesPrafula PearcePart IV Evaluating Green Economic Instruments12. The Australian Renewable Energy Target Scheme: A Case Study of the Impact of Uncertainty on a Market Based Mechanism.David Leary13. Economic Instruments in Pollution Law in New South Wales, Australia: A Case for Greater Use and RefinementSarah WrightIndex