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Opodatkowanie jako instrument polityki ochrony środowiska
Taxation as an instrument of environmental policy

Author(s): Szymon Bryndziak
Subject(s): Economy, Law on Economics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: environmental tax reform environmental taxes; double dividend hypothesis

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an overview of key economic issues in the use of taxation as an instrument of environmental policy. This article presents the concept of the ecological tax reform as the process of shifting the tax burden from employment, income and investment, to pollution and waste. This paper reviews the theoretical problems of ETR like double dividend hypothesis. The purpose of this article is to show the variety of green taxes in EU Member States and the Polish tax solutions applied in this regard.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 93
  • Page Range: 25-37
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish