Shah A. Taxing Choices for Managing Natural Resources, the Environment,...2023

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This book reviews taxing choices to protect the local and global environment and preserve and sustain natural resources. Alternative economic instruments such as carbon taxes and tradable permits to combat global climate change are also examined. Strategies and practices for the managing and sharing of revenues from natural resources are highlighted. Also, roles of various orders of government in managing, taxing, and sharing natural resources in selected countries are documented to highlight the impact of such division of responsibilities in preserving natural resources and the environment. The susceptibility of resource revenue dependent economies to corruption and malfeasance, and the Dutch disease, is also highlighted. This book could serve as a supplementary reference book for graduate and undergraduate courses and as a sourcebook for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and government practitioners.
Introduction and Overview
Overview
The Taxation of Natural Resources and the Environment, Revenue Sharing and Revenue Fund Management
The Taxation of Natural Resources: Principles and Policy Issues
Green Taxes and Policies for Environmental Protection
Revenue Sharing from Natural Resources: Principles and Practices
Non-renewable Resource Revenue Funds: Critical Issues in Design and Management --
Environmental Federalism
Green Federalism: Principles and Practice in Mature Federations and the European Union
Environmental Federalism in Brazil
Combating Global Climate Change
Carbon Tax as a Tool for Tax Reform and Protecting Local and Global Environments
Worldwide Energy Subsidies and the impact of their removal on economic welfare and global climate change
Combating Corruption
Combating Corruption in the Oil and Gas Sector