Energy Policies in the European Union : Germany's Ecological Tax Reform (2001. VIII, 142 p. w. 21 figs. 24 cm)

Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of worldclimate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and evaluated. The volume presents innovative model simulations and analyzes, in the context of the model, the benefits of a modified tax reform, based on a Schumpeterian approach. Finally, implications for the European Union and other countries are discussed.