Instrument Mixes for Environmental Policy

Although environmentally related taxes are being increasingly used in OECD countries, there remains a high potential for wider use of these environmental policy instruments, provided that they are well designed and that their potential impact on international competitiveness and income distribution are properly addressed. Based on a number of in-depth case studies, this publication analyses the instrument mixes applied in OECD countries to address household waste generation and non-point sources of water pollution in agriculture, residential energy efficiency, regional air pollution and emissions to air of mercury. It looks at how to overcome obstacles to their implementation and discusses the environmental and economic effects of combining such taxes with other instruments for environmental policy.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff is the author of 'Instrument Mixes for Environmental Policy', published 2007 under ISBN 9789264017801 and ISBN 9264017801.