Download or read book Environmental Taxes and Economic Welfare written by Antonia Cornwell and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Australian environmental taxes as a case study to develop methods that can be applied elsewhere, analyzes how taxes designed to reduce a major source of pollution worldwide might impact the income distribution and economic welfare. Examines the direct and indirect effects of a domestic fuel and power tax and a carbon tax on prices, on consumer responses to price change, and on inequality and the social welfare of various income groups. Also considers whether the distribution effects can be overcome by adjusting transfer payments to compensate lower income groups. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR