Part I Carbon taxes
1. Carbon Tax Choices: The Tale of Four States
2. Carbon Taxation in EU Member States: Evidence from the Transport Sector
3. The Effect of Carbon Taxes on Emissions and Carbon Leakage: Evidence from the European Union
4. To Incentivise or Penalise: An Analysis of the proposed Carbon Tax in South Africa
5. Is the use of Carbon Offsets in the South African Carbon Tax a Smart mix?
6. Linking Carbon Tax Systems under the Paris Agreement: Potentials and Risks

Part II Energy Subsidies and Support Schemes
7. Renewable Energy Deployment at the Interplay between Support Policies and Fossil Fuel Subsidies
8. Considerations against Subsidies and Tax Incentives for Nuclear Energy
9. Economic Effects of reforming Energy Tax Exemptions for the Industry in Germany
10. Parafiscal Charges and Contributions to General Electricity Networks: a Legal Analysis of its Nature under the Scope of Directive 2003/96 and the EU State aids regime

Part III Policy Dynamics and Constraints
11. Why are Green Fiscal Policies such a small part of Green Economic Policies? Evidence from three European Countries
12. Conceptualising a Tax Policy mix for Resource Efficiency – Selected results from a three transition pathways approach
13. System Complexity as Key Determinant in achieving Efficacious Policy Transposition and Implementation
14. Developing the North American Carbon Market: Prospects for Sustainable Linking
15. Towards a ‘Third Dividend’ Analysis for Innovative Environmental Taxation Policies and Allocations: A Smart Instrument mix for the Reduction of CO2 emissions

Part IV In Search of Instruments in Other Policy Areas
16. Landscape and Taxation: the “minor” Instruments
17. Exploring the Policy Mix for Biodiversity Financing: Opportunities provided by Environmental Fiscal Instruments in the EU

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