Essays about: "taxes negative externalities"

Found 5 essays containing the words taxes negative externalities.

1. 1. The Swedish Air Passenger Tax : The impact on passenger numbers

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Alexander Soto Runevall; [2021]
   Keywords : Emissions; Externalities; Tax; Excise; Aviation; Air travel; Passenger numbers; Sweden;

   Abstract : In this essay I have estimated what impact the Swedish air passenger tax that was introduced in Sweden on April 1st in 2018 has had on passenger numbers in Sweden. The tax was introduced to lower demand for air travel within the public and thus, decrease the aviation industry´s greenhouse gas emissions as aviation contributes through these emissions to a large extent to climate change and is expected to have an even greater impact in the future as the number of air travels are expected to grow continuously. READ MORE

3. 2. Comparative Study of Methodologies for Onshore Wind Power Project Economic Analysis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Grisha Sargsyan; [2019]
   Keywords : wind power; economic analysis; methodological differences; European Investment Bank; Asian Development Bank;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the methodological differences of wind power project economic analysis and to indicate the preferred methodology among the considered cases. The study compares the economic appraisals of onshore wind power projects. READ MORE

4. 3. Getting motor fuel taxes right : An empirical application on Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Josef Meens Eriksson; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : I estimate optimal passenger car fuel taxes for Sweden while accounting for negative externalities such as congestion, accidents, CO2 emissions, particle pollution, road reinvestment need, winter road maintenance need and noise. By allowing for tax interaction effects with the broader fiscal system the fuel tax substitutes for the tax on labour income, consequently the optimal fuel tax may deviate from fuel tax level proposed by the Pigouivan principle. READ MORE

5. 4. The Austerical City. : London at the crush test of austerity

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Tommaso Aquili; [2018]
   Keywords : London; UK; Austerity; Viability Assessment; Governance; Regeneration; Displacement; Gentrification; Neoliberalism; Heygate; Elephant Castle;

   Abstract : In the UK, the unprecedented cuts to local budgets, implemented by the national governments from 2010 to the present day, have pushed local authorities to reconsider their scope, their role and their action. The ever decreasing budgets have de facto transformed local councils from service providers to territorial entrepreneurs, as the pressing pursuit of revenues has placed the economic profit at the core of the local policy-making. READ MORE

6. 5. Accounting for Climate Change : Incorporating Externalities due to CO2 Emissions into Financial Statements

   University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Emelie Davidsson; Charlotte Lilja; [2012]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Externalities; Full Cost Accounting; Sustainability Reporting; Externaliteter; full cost accounting; hållbarhetsredovisning; klimatförändringar;

   Abstract : The full cost of climate change is not accounted for in today’s financial reporting. Today’s sustainability reporting mainly consists of disclosures which do not affect any financial statement. If externalities were accounted for it would help stakeholders become aware of companies’ true sustainability. READ MORE