Economic Issues

Controlling Pollution: Using Taxes and Tradable Permits

ByValerie Reppelin, John Norregaard

March 9, 2001

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Valerie Reppelin, and John Norregaard. Controlling Pollution: Using Taxes and Tradable Permits, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed 12/18/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589060005.051

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Summary

Explores different ways of controlling pollution through -green-taxes or permits, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages. While many countries use environmental taxes, interest in tradable permits is growing.

Subject: Carbon tax, Environment, Environmental taxes, Greenhouse gas emissions, Taxes

Keywords: Carbon tax, ecotax, ecotax leader, ecotax reform, ecotaxes aim, EI, emission tax, Environmental taxes, Global, green tax reform, Greenhouse gas emissions, restructuring tax, tax, tax provisions, tradable permit, tradable permit system