عنوان

Green Budget Reform in Europe Countries at the Forefront

3642636764

9783642636769

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Green Budget Reform in Europe Countries at the Forefront

[Book]

Kai Schlegelmilch

Berlin Springer Berlin

2013

XXXI, 443 Seiten 13 schw.-w. Illustrationen, 138 schw.-w. Tabellen 235 x 155 mm

I. Green Budget Reform in European Countries -Proceedings of the International Seminar, Slovenia, 1997.- I.1 Introduction to the Green Budget Reform Seminar.- I.2. Opportunities for Increased Use of Environmental Taxes and Charges in EU Member States and CEECs.- I.3. Green Budget Reform: Macroeconomic Impacts and Impacts on Innovation.- I.4. Empirical Assessment of an Energy Tax Proposal for Austria.- I.5. Cohesion Countries: Experience in Countries on the European Periphery.- I.6. Green Tax Reform in Denmark.- I.7. Green Tax Reforms: Some Experiences from Sweden.- I.8. Policies for a Better Environment and High Employment.- I.9. Report on the Concrete Steps of Green Budget/Tax Reform in the Netherlands -Retrospective and Outlook.- I.10. Ecological Tax Reform - What is Happening in Switzerland?.- I.11. Polish Experience with Environmental Fees, Fines and Taxes, and Simulations of Some Economic Effects of Elements of Green Tax Reform Using the Computable General Equilibrium Model.- I.12. Coordinating Environmental and Fiscal Policy in Hungary: Possibilities and Constraints.- I.13. Proposed Modifications to the 1997 State Budget Bill of Hungary Clean Air Action Group/Trade Union of Culture, presented by.- I.14. Economic Instruments and Environmental Funds for Environmental Policy in Central and Eastern Europe.- I.15. Subsidies and the Environment: What Subsidies and Tax Incentives Affect Production Decisions to the Detriment of the Environment.- I.16. Green Budget/Ecological Tax Reform Commissions.- II. Green Budget Reform in Slovenia Case Study Tanja Markovi?-Hribernik, Kai Schlegelmilch.- II.1. Studies on Green Budget Reform and their Relevance for Slovenia.- II.2. Instruments for the Protection of the Environment-i.a. Environmental Taxes.- II.4. Expenditures/Subsidies.- II.5. Concluding Recommendations.- References.- Exchange Rates.- Appendices.- Appendix I: Sales Tax Rates on Oil Derivates.- Appendix II: Subsidies for a Better Environment.- Appendix III: Subsidies Potentially Damaging the Environment.- Appendix IV: Guarantees.- Appendix V: New Approaches to Environmental Problems and the Particular Role Of SMEs.- Integrated Technology.- Least-Cost Planning/Demand-Side Management/Integrated Resource Planing Contracting.- Selling Services Instead of Products.- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME).- Appendix VI: Macroeconomic Circumstances.- State and Structure of the Economy.- Accession to the EU.- Appendix VII: Fiscal Policy.- Government Revenues.- Government Expenditures.- Fiscal Deficit.- Public Debt.- Labour Taxation.- Appendix VIII: State of Environment in Slovenia.- Sulphur Dioxide.- Nitrogen Oxides.- Carbon Dioxide/Energy.- Transport.- Agriculture.- Quality of Ground Water Standards.- Notes.

Kai Schlegelmilch

Kai Schlegelmilch

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