The European Carbon Tax: An Economic Assessment, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993 Economics, Energy and Environment Series, Vol. 1

The possible introduction of a carbon tax in Europe is an issue which has attracted attention. The problems under debate concern the effects of the tax at different levels: what costs, in terms of GDP growth, will be paid by each European country? This book provides answers to such questions.

1. Introduction.- 2. General Issues and Evidence.- 2.1 Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax.- 2.2 Distributional Effects of a European Carbon Tax.- 2.3 Carbon Taxes and Energy Markets.- 3. Country Studies.- 3.1 Carbon Taxation in Germany: Approaches and Prospective Effects.- 3.2 The Use of Economic Models for Analysing Environmental Problems: the Case of the Greenhouse Effect for France.- 3.3 The EC Carbon Tax and Energy Demand in the United Kingdom.- 3.4 The Welfare Effect of a Carbon Tax for China.- 3.5 Environmental and Economic Effects of the European Carbon Tax: the Italian Case.- 3.6 Airborne Toxic (“Big 5”) and GHG (CO2) Emissions: Italy 1991–1995.- 4. The Policy Debate.- 4.1 Stabilizing CO2 Emissions in Europe: Individual Stabilization versus Harmonization of Carbon Taxes.- 4.2 The Carbon Tax: Economic and Policy Issues.- 4.3 Is the European Carbon Tax Really Effective?.