TY - JOUR
T1 - Transfers as a means to combat European spillovers
AU - Rübbelke, Dirk T.G.
AU - Sheshinski, Eytan
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - In 2004, there was a further enlargement of the European Union. Among the new member countries are eight Central and Eastern European countries. Especially the accession countries located directly at the border to the EU generate significant environmental spillovers harming the Union. These spillovers are mitigated but not deleted by the enlargement regulations. In this paper we will therefore analyze an instrument which may further diminish the spillover problems: transfers, which are conditional on a tightening of environmental policy in the accession countries. The environmental policy considered is the policy of environmental taxation.
AB - In 2004, there was a further enlargement of the European Union. Among the new member countries are eight Central and Eastern European countries. Especially the accession countries located directly at the border to the EU generate significant environmental spillovers harming the Union. These spillovers are mitigated but not deleted by the enlargement regulations. In this paper we will therefore analyze an instrument which may further diminish the spillover problems: transfers, which are conditional on a tightening of environmental policy in the accession countries. The environmental policy considered is the policy of environmental taxation.
KW - Environmental taxation
KW - European Union enlargement
KW - Transfers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29144485657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/jbnst-2005-0609
DO - 10.1515/jbnst-2005-0609
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AN - SCOPUS:29144485657
SN - 0021-4027
VL - 225
SP - 699
EP - 710
JO - Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
JF - Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
IS - 6
ER -