1. A Tax on Output of the Polluting Industry Is Not a Tax on Pollution: The Importance of Hitting the Target

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. A Tax on Output of the Polluting Industry Is Not a Tax on Pollution: The Importance of Hitting the Target 13
7. 2. Neutralizing the Adverse Industry Impacts of CO2 Abatement Policies: What Does It Cost? 45
8. 3. Green Taxes and Administrative Costs: The Case of Carbon Taxation 91
9. 4. An Industry-Adjusted Index of State Environmental Compliance Costs 131
10. 5. Costs of Air Quality Regulation 159
11. 6. International Factor Movements, Environmental Policy, and Double Dividends 187
12. 7. The Environmental Regime in Developing Countries 217
13. 8. Environmental Information and Company Behavior 251
14. 9. Environmental Policy and Firm Behavior: Abatement Investment and Location Decisions under Uncertainty and Irreversibility 281
15. 10. The Effects of Environmental Policy on the Performance of Environmental Research Joint Ventures 309
16. Contributors 347
17. Author Index 351
18. Subject Index 355