Economic rents have long been identified as an efficient tax base. In addition, the recent
literature documents that rent income is highly concentrated and that rents are quickly …

ABSTRACT The Paris Agreement's very ambitious mitigation goals, notably to 'pursue
efforts' to limit warming to 1.5° C, imply that climate policy will remain a national affair for …

The concepts of 'green growth'and 'degrowth'occupy central positions in the public debate
on the relationship between economic growth and the environment. While proponents of the …

Economic growth remains a prominent political goal, despite its conflicts with ecological
sustainability. Are growth policies only a question of political or individual will, or do 'growth …

Even without internationally concerted action on climate change mitigation, there are
important incentives for countries to put a price on their domestic emissions, including public …

Economists argue that land rent taxation is an ideal form of taxation as it causes no
deadweight losses. Nevertheless, pure land rent taxation is rarely applied. This paper …

This paper investigates the effect of carbon or gasoline taxes on commuting-related CO2
emissions in an urban context. To assess the impact of public transport on the efficiency of …

It is a well-known result in economics that land value taxation is efficient since it does not
distort the supply of the tax base. Considering only efficiency, land value should thus be fully …

Wealth inequality is rising in high-income countries. Can increased public investment
financed by higher capital taxes counteract this trend? We examine how such a policy …

Increasing shares of the sustainable consumption literature postulate the need for a focus on
limits to consumption as a basis for achieving absolute reductions in resource use. After all …