Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of environmental taxes

Bruce Morley

doi:10.1080/13504851.2011.650324

Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of environmental taxes

Bruce Morley

Department of Economics

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The aim of this study is to determine whether environmental taxes affect levels of pollution and energy consumption. Using a panel of European Union (EU) members and Norway, there is a significant negative relationship between environmental taxes and pollution, but no relationship between environmental taxes and energy consumption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1817-1820
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	19
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2011.650324
Publication status	Published - 2012

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This is an electronic version of an article published in Morley, B., 2012. Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of environmental taxes. Applied Economics Letters, 19 (18), pp. 1817-1820. Applied Economics Letters is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2011.650324
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