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Costs of Environmentally Motivated Taxes in the Presence of Other Taxes: General Equilibrium Analyses

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  • Bovenberg, A. Lans
  • Goulder, Lawrence H.

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Employs analytical and numerical general equilibrium models to evaluate environmentally motivated tax policies, concentrating on whether the gross costs of these policies can be eliminated when revenues from the taxes are devoted to cuts in marginal income tax rates.

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  • Bovenberg, A. Lans & Goulder, Lawrence H., 1997. "Costs of Environmentally Motivated Taxes in the Presence of Other Taxes: General Equilibrium Analyses," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 50(1), pages 59-88, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:50:y:1997:i:1:p:59-88
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41789243
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