Economical and fiscal instruments of environmental policy: a theoretic examination on environmental taxes Cover Image

Çevre politikasinin ekonomik ve mali araçları: çevre vergileri üzerine teorik bir inceleme
Economical and fiscal instruments of environmental policy: a theoretic examination on environmental taxes

Author(s): Muhammed Yunus Bilgili, Emrah Firidin
Subject(s): Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Electoral systems, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: Rating Academy
Keywords: Environmental Policy Instruments; Economical and Fiscal Instruments; Environmental Taxes;

Summary/Abstract: From the second half of the twentieth century, the states seem to have created environmental policies in order to cope with the environmental issues that are affecting them. Environmental policy can be defined briefly as a policy set that includes the environmental principles and objectives of states. The ability to achieve the objectives set out in environmental policy in an intangible way depends on the development of policy instruments that are in terms of these objectives. Environmental policy instruments can be divided into two main groups; administrative instruments based on the state's command authority and economic and financial instruments. Economical and fiscal instruments providing economic incentives on economic units that aim to change the behavior of both producers and consumers. It can be said that the most favored application instrument among the economic and fiscal instruments are the environmental taxes. The aim of this study is to examine theoretically the environmental taxes which find wide application in environmental policies. The characteristics, types, sources, advantages and disadvantages of environmental taxes and their application problems are studied from a theoretical point of view.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-140
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish