Monthly Archives: August 2011

Double Dividend Environmental Taxation and Canadian Carbon Emissions Control Author: McKitrick, Ross. Summary: This paper reviews the debate on the double dividend hypothesis and presents empirical evidence to suggest that the double dividend approach can significantly reduce the costs of … Continue reading →

Ecological Fiscal Reform – A strategy that redirects a government’s taxation and expenditure programs to create an integrated set of incentives to support the shift to sustainable development. Ecological fiscal reform (EFR) includes the use of such policy tools as … Continue reading →

Ecological fiscal reform (EFR) can be used in combination with other environmental policies to reinforce environmental objectives. Indeed, in many cases, a combination of policy tools will be needed to best achieve desired environmental outcomes. For example, a regulation can … Continue reading →

Ecological fiscal reform (EFR) can occur on various levels, from a broad restructuring of expenditure and tax policies to micro-level adjustments at the sector-specific or individual levels. A broad restructuring occurs when a portion of the total government tax burden … Continue reading →

Ecological fiscal reform (EFR) can be used to address a host of environmental issues. The following examples are provided to give users an idea of the range of issues that have been addressed through the implementation of EFR policies: Nitrogen … Continue reading →

Ecological fiscal reform (EFR) is “a strategy that redirects a government’s taxation and expenditure programs to create an integrated set of incentives to support the shift to sustainable development.”1 EFR includes the use of such policy tools as taxation, tax … Continue reading →

The purpose of this site is to provide a one-stop shop for information on ecological fiscal reform (EFR) in Canada and around the world. This Web site provides a forum for highlighting the work of groups, organizations and bodies working … Continue reading →