Title: Environmental tax reform in Sweden

Authors: Thomas Sterner

Addresses: The Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, Goteborg University, Viktoriagatan 30, S-411 25 Goteborg, Sweden

Abstract: This paper analyses the issue of green tax reform. The case studied is that of Sweden, a country with a high tax level and an interesting experience with carbon taxes and several other environmental taxes, over which there has been quite some controversy during the past few years. Some of the taxes have been very successful from an environmental viewpoint, some less so – and together they have some (although secondary) effect on the overall budget. An appendix provides a brief survey of some of the main theoretical issues involved.

Keywords: environmental taxes; green taxes; optimal taxation; Pigou; Sweden; tax reform; carbon taxes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1995.028371

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1995 Vol.5 No.2/3, pp.135 - 163

Published online: 17 Sep 2009 *

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