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Chapter 13. Carbon Tax Burdens on Low-Income Households: A Reason for Delaying Climate Policy? »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
Introduction Without strong measures to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to rise by about 3–4°C over preindustrial levels b...
Chapter 7. Concluding Thoughts »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth is a problem faced by all countries. The beauty of fiscal instruments such as environmental taxes or tax-like instruments is that (albeit with some important ca...
Chapter 2. Energy Systems, Environmental Problems, and Current Fiscal Policy: A Quick Look »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
Fossil fuels are used pervasively to generate electricity, power transportation vehicles, and provide heat for buildings and manufacturing processes. Fuel combustion produces carbon...
Chapter 5. Measuring Nonpollution Externalities from Motor Vehicles »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
This chapter consists of three sections focused on the three major, non-pollution-related externalities from motor vehicles: traffic congestion, traffic accidents, and (to a much le...
Chapter 4. Measuring Pollution Damage from Fuel Use »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
This chapter begins with a brief review of the literature on valuing climate change damage from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The heart of the chapter is about measuring damage fr...
Chapter 3. Rationale for and Design of Fiscal Policy to “Get Energy Prices Right” »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
The first part of this chapter discusses why environmental taxes or the equivalent emissions trading systems (ETSs) should be front and center in getting energy prices right, though...
Chapter 1. Summary for Policymakers »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
Many energy prices in many countries are wrong. They are set at levels that do not reflect environmental damage, notably global warming, air pollution, and various side effects of m...
Chapter 6. The Right Energy Taxes and Their Impacts »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
This chapter summarizes the corrective tax estimates for coal, natural gas, and motor fuels based on the assumptions discussed in previous chapters, both for selected countries and,...
Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice »
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484388570.071
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
Energy taxes can produce substantial environmental and revenue benefits and are an important component of countries' fiscal systems. Although the principle that these taxes should reflect global warming, air pollut...
Back Matter »
Source: Getting Energy Prices Right : From Principle to Practice
Series: Books
Author(s): Ian Parry , Dirk Heine , Eliza Lis , and Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Keywords: air pollution, fuel efficiency, natural gas, carbon dioxide, coal
Energy taxes can produce substantial environmental and revenue benefits and are an important component of countries' fiscal systems. Although the principle that these taxes should reflect global warming, air pollut...