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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Land taxes can increase production in the manufacturing sector and enhance land
conservation at the same time, which can lead to overall macroeconomic growth. Existing …

In this paper, we theoretically analyze the effects of three types of land taxes on economic
growth using an overlap** generation model in which land can be used for production or …

Financing productive public capital through distortionary taxes typically creates a trade-off:
the optimal investment is determined as a compromise between efficiency-enhancing public …