Energy Tax Options

Taxing Energy Use (TEU) 2019 presents a snapshot of where countries stand in deploying energy and carbon taxes, tracks progress made, and makes actionable recommendations on how governments could do better. The report contains new and original data on energy and carbon taxes in OECD and G20 countries, and in international aviation and maritime transport.

Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Policy Intervention in Energy Markets (EM): Rationale for Intervention in EM; Principal-Agent and Informational Inefficiencies; National Security; Potential Interventions in EM; Taxes as a User Charge; (3) Current Status of U.S. Energy Tax Policy; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Alternative Technology Vehicle Credits; Other; (4) Energy Tax Issues in the 112th Congress; The President¿s FY 2012 Budget Proposal; Expiring Energy Tax Provisions; The Tax Relief, Unemploy. Reauthor., and Job Creation Act of 2010; Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009; Carbon Tax / Climate Change; (5) Energy Tax Legis. Prior to the 111th Congress. This is a print on demand report.