Energy Policies in the European Union : Germany's Ecological Tax Reform /

Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of world climate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and ev...

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Main Author: Welfens, Paul J. J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Meyer, Bernd, Pfaffenberger, Wolfgang, JasiƄski, Piotr, Jungmittag, Andre
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
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Summary:Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of world climate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and evaluated. The volume presents innovative model simulations and analyzes, in the context of the model, the benefits of a modified tax reform, based on a Schumpeterian approach. Finally, implications for the European Union and other countries are discussed.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 147 pages)
ISBN:9783662043943 (electronic bk.)
3662043947 (electronic bk.)