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Household energy efficiency in the UK

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Vanessa Brechling
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Over the past three years, policy towards the taxation of energy has been debated vigorously. In 1991 the European Commission proposed a new carbon/energy tax as part of a package of measures intended to reduce energy use and to help the Community meet international targets for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other $lsquo;greenhouse gases’. This would have applied to both domestic and industrial users of energy and motor fuels. Also, in the area of UK domestic policy, the Chancellor’s 1993 Budget announced the phased extension of the standard rate of value added tax to domestic energy, which had hitherto been zero-rated in the UK. The extension of standard-rate VAT to domestic energy was primarily motivated by the need for increased tax revenues, but, at the same time, the Government maintained that the measure would have the valuable byproduct of reducing energy consumption, and hence contributing to achievement of targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Volume (Year): 15 (1994)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 44-56
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  5. Don Fullerton & Andrew Leicester & Stephen Smith, 2008. "Environmental Taxes," NBER Working Papers 14197, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Philip Burns & Ian Crawford & Andrew Dilnot, 1995. "Regulation and redistribution in utilities," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 16(4), pages 1-22, January. [Downloadable!]
  2. Cathal O'Donoghue, 1997. "Carbon Dioxide, Energy Taxes and Household Income," Papers WP090, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  3. Cathal O'Donoghue, 1997. "Carbon Dioxide, Energy Taxation and Industry: An Input-Output Analysis," Papers WP082, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Downloadable!]
  4. Johnstone, Nick & Alavalapati, Janaki, 1998. "The Distributional Effects of Environmental Tax Reform," Discussion Papers 24140, International Institute for Environment and Development, Environmental Economics Programme. [Downloadable!]
  5. Don Fullerton & Andrew Leicester & Stephen Smith, 2008. "Environmental Taxes," NBER Working Papers 14197, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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