The role of taxes in energy production and conservation
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The role of taxes in energy production and conservation
（Energy policies, politics and prices series）
Nova Science Publishers, Inc, c2010
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Energy tax policy involves the use of one of the government's main fiscal instruments, taxes (both as an incentive and as a disincentive) to alter the allocation or configuration of energy resources and their use. In theory, energy taxes and subsidies, like tax policy instruments in general, are intended either to correct a problem or distortion in the energy markets or to achieve some economic (efficiency, equity, or even macroeconomic) objective. In practice, however, energy tax policy in the United States is made in a political setting, being determined by the views and interests of the key players in this setting: politicians, special interest groups, bureaucrats, academic scholars, and fiscal dictates. As a result, enacted tax policy embodies compromises between economic and political goals, which could either mitigate or compound existing distortions. This book explores the role of taxes in energy production and conservation.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 111th Congress
- Tax Expenditures for Energy Production & Conservation
- Statement of Senator Max Baucus, Chairman, before the Committee on Finance, Hearing "Technology Neutrality in Energy Tax: Issues & Options"
- Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate, before the Committee on Finance, Hearing "Technology Neutrality in Energy Tax: Issues & Options"
- Statement of Gilbert E. Metcalf, Professor Economics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, before the Committee on Finance, Hearing "Technology Neutrality in Energy Tax: Issues & Options"
- Testimony of Dr. David L. Greene, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California at David, & Corporate Fellow at Oak Ride National Laboratory, before the Committee on Finance, Hearing "Technology-Neutral Incentives for Energy-Efficient Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Vehicles"
- Testimony of John M. Urbanchuk, Director, LECG LLP, before the Senate Finance Committee, Hearing on "Tax Code's Role in Energy Policy"
- Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive Resources
- Energy Tax Policy: History & Current Issues
- Index.
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