Energy Tax and Regulatory Policy in Europe: Reform Priorities Contributor(s): Parry, Ian (Editor), Pittel, Karen (Editor), Vollebergh, Herman (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0262036398 ISBN-13: 9780262036399 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Taxation - General - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
Dewey: 336.278 |
LCCN: 2016054314 |
Series: CESifo Seminar |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 408 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Concise introductions to the main issues in energy policy and their interaction with environmental policies in the EU. The European Union (EU) faces critical challenges in energy policy making, the most pressing of which are how to achieve the deep greenhouse gas reductions promised at the December 2015 UN Conference of the Parties in Paris, and how this effort can be coordinated with already existing policies. Energy policy is primarily a member state responsibility, and policy makers need an overarching view of the main issues in energy policy and their interaction with environmental policies. This volume aims to fill this need, offering concise introductions to some of the major issues as well as practical suggestions for policy making. The contributors discuss reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world's largest carbon market; ways to improve the operation and integration of the EU's power grids, in terms of both supply and demand; changes to the EU's Energy Tax Directive, which sets tax floors for fuels outside the ETS; the coordination of climate policies with policies to promote renewables and energy efficiency; research into clean technology; challenges to shale gas development; and transportation policy and the need for action on such externalities as traffic congestion. Finally, contributors consider obstacles to reform, including its potential effects on vulnerable households and energy-intensive industries. Contributors |
Contributor Bio(s): Parry, Ian: - Ian Parry is Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert in the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department.Pittel, Karen: - Karen Pittel is Director of the Ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Exhaustible Resources and Professor of Economics at Munich University.Vollebergh, Herman: - Herman Vollebergh is Senior Research Fellow at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Professor in Economics and Environmental Policy at Tilburg University.Vollebergh, Herman: - Herman Vollebergh is Senior Research Fellow at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Professor in Economics and Environmental Policy at Tilburg University. |