Taxing Energy Use in the OECD

Abstract

Energy is a critical component of modern economies. It is a central ingredient to production and an important element of consumer spending. Many forms of energyparticularly fossil fuels-also contribute to significant environmental problems, such as climate change and local air pollution.

Inequality and the Environment: The Economics of a Two-Headed Hydra

“…In addition, comparison of existing studies is difficult, as the policies investigated differ in their scope. A second and related limitation of existing research is that few studies compare policy incidence across countries (see exceptions in Harding et al 2014;Flues and Thomas 2015;Sterner 2012a;Ohlendorf et al 2018;Dorband et al 2019). Ohlendorf et al (2018) were the first to conduct a meta-analysis of the drivers of climate policy incidence; such studies should be undertaken regularly as new evidence becomes available.…”

A Panorama on Energy Taxes amd Green Tax Reforms

“…Other developed countries such Australia or Japan show similar figures (respectively 1.73% and 1.6% of GDP in 2010), whereas the US is quite below: 0.77% of GDP in 2010, even far from the 1.28% of GDP represented by Chinese energy taxes in 2010 (OECD/EEA, 2013). For a general and updated assessment of energy taxation in the OECD see Harding et al (2014).…”