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Environmental taxation involves a government-imposed charge that is designed to produce a desirable environmental outcome as well as to raise revenue. The most common example involves charges on pollutant emissions, but sometimes environmental taxation takes the form of a levy on polluting products (such as a tax on gas guzzling automobiles) or polluting activities (such as charging a special toll for driving on congested streets during periods of peak pollution concentrations).
Tom Tietenberg (Lead Author);Tom Tietenberg (Topic Editor) "Environmental taxation". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth February 5, 2009; Last revised Date February 5, 2009; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Environmental_taxation>
Tom Tietenberg is the author or editor of eleven books (including Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, one of the best selling textbooks in the field, and Emissions Trading, one of the most widely cited books in the tradable permits literature) as well as over one hundred articles and essays on environmental and natural resource economics. Elected President of the Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (AERE) in 1987-8 and designated an AERE Fellow in 2006, he has ... (Full Bio)
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