LINKS FROM LITERATURE REVIEW
GREENTAX-GENERAL
Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient
Economy - Tax and Incentives Program Resources
-Great set of links at the bottom of the homepage
Green Budget Germany-links
Institute for Local Self-Reliance-
Green Taxes
Green Tax Shift-Banneker
website
Taxpayers for Commonsense
Vermont Department of
Taxes -This is a good overview of the current tax policies in Vermont.
The Tellus Institute - From personal experience I know this is a great organization with a myriad of articles. A huge amount of information on international policies or projects.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) -Green Budget Reform. A very extensive annotated bibliography and many case studies.
Environmental laws and
links
ENVIRONMENTAL TAX
SHIFT: A Discussion Paper for British Columbians
GREEN BUDGET GERMANY (GBG)
links
I also found some great articles through the Expanded Academic Database:
“Costs of environmentally motivated taxes in the presence of other
taxes: general equilibrium analyses,” A. Lans Bovenberg, Lawrence
H. Goulder. National Tax Journal March 1997 v50 n1 p59-87.
“A distributional analysis of green tax reforms,”
Gilbert E. Metcalf. National Tax Journal Dec 1999 v52 i4 p655.
These two articles are a bit dated however.
Another good journal I found to look through to gain insight of a different perspective is The Oil Daily.
Environmental Policy - Objectives, Instruments, and Implementation.
Dieter Helm, editor. Oxford University Press. 2000. An anthology of articles.
Especially of note is “Environmental and Public Finance Aspects of the
Taxation of Energy” by Stephen Smith.
GE 170.E57677
Ecotaxation. Timothy O’Riordan, editor. St. Martin’s Press,
New York. 1997. Another good anthology.
HJ 5316.E36
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management:
“Strategic Environmental Policy: Eco-Dumping or a Green Strategy.”
Mads Greaker. v45 n3, May 2003, pp692-707.
and
“Taxation, Unemployment, and Growth: Dynamic Welfare Effects of ‘Green’
Policies.” Brita Bye. v43 n1, Jan 2002, pp1-19.
These are two gems of academic-economic research. They consist of as much calculus
as text, and the text is almost as incomprehensible. From what I could gather,
Greaker demonstrates that the Porter (of Harvard) hypothesis may hold true under
certain circumstances. Bye makes qualified claims that a double-dividend of
a better environment and less distortionary tax system could result from green
policies, and that, given certain assumptions, there would be an expanded demand
for labor as well.
Kinda hard to understand, and limited in what they demonstrate. I think these
articles are several degrees of separation from anything that could be used
to influence a policy debate. However, they are probably representative of what’s
going on at the frontiers of research, and are valuable for that reason.
CLIMATE (CO2)
Climate
Talk: Regulating with Prices or Quantities -- Carbon Taxes vs. Permits
Ecological
Tax Reform: Carbon Taxes with Tax Reductions in Minnesota
LAND VALUE TAXES
THE NEW RULES, Exploring
Communiyt, mobility, Scale, and Trade
Land Value Taxes and Wilmington,
Delaware: A Case Study
The Key to Promoting Prosperity
by reducing taxes on labor and capital
ELIMINATING WASTE-GREENING THE BUDGET
Green Scissors (See Greening
the Budget, Maryland report)
ENERGY
www.dsireusa.org - Database of State Incentives
for Renewable Energy – “A comprehensive source of information on
state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable
energy.” A project of the IREC – Interstate Renewable Energy Council,
which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the North Carolina
Solar Center, a program of N.C. State’s College of Engineering’s
Industrial Extension Service.
Mother Earth News. “Plug Into the Sun” Rusty Haynes and Lindsey
Hodel. published online by Ogden Publications, Inc – Topeka, Kansas. couldn’t
find the date of publication.
www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=rec&rid=re&id=2115
Feel-good cheerleading piece about various state incentives for individuals
to install renewable energy capacity in their homes or businesses.
TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Toxic and Hazardous
Materials