Ecotaxation

by Timothy O'Riordan

Book Overview

Ecotaxation covers two distinct ideas. To date, it has largely been associated with the 'polluter pays' principle, in the form of correctional charges imposed on activities which have a demonstrably damaging effect on the quality of life or the environment. The other involves a more ambitious policy shift, aiming to put taxation onto a different basis, away from income and labour, and onto resource-depleting and environmentally damaging activities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853832634
• ISBN13: 9781853832635
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"