Sustainable Development and the Role of Tax Policy
The need for sustainable development is felt in all countries. An operational definition of sustainability is given to provide a framework to determine the extent to which the environment should be protected. The paper examines sources of environmental problems and then discusses various policy opti...
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World Scientific Publishing
1995-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Development Review |
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| author | Kirit Parikh |
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| description | The need for sustainable development is felt in all countries. An operational definition of sustainability is given to provide a framework to determine the extent to which the environment should be protected. The paper examines sources of environmental problems and then discusses various policy options to deal with them. Alternative policy instruments of both command and control policies and incentive-based policies such as taxes, subsidies, and tradeable permits are examined. The benefits, costs, efficiency, effectiveness, distributive implications, implementability, and appropriateness of alternative policy instruments for different types of problems are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75f66bc46aac455195d62616c07881f82023-06-28T07:12:26ZengWorld Scientific PublishingAsian Development Review0116-11051996-72411995-01-01130112716610.1142/S0116110595000054Sustainable Development and the Role of Tax PolicyKirit ParikhThe need for sustainable development is felt in all countries. An operational definition of sustainability is given to provide a framework to determine the extent to which the environment should be protected. The paper examines sources of environmental problems and then discusses various policy options to deal with them. Alternative policy instruments of both command and control policies and incentive-based policies such as taxes, subsidies, and tradeable permits are examined. The benefits, costs, efficiency, effectiveness, distributive implications, implementability, and appropriateness of alternative policy instruments for different types of problems are discussed.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110595000054 |
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