Keyword: natural resources
Green Tax (8/30/2001)
Taxing nonrenewable resources instead of labor income would create more jobs and encourage conservation while reducing pollution.
Keywords: carbon tax, climate change, eco-tax, energy-efficient technologies, environment, global warming, green taxes, greenhouse gas emissions, income taxes, labor income, natural resources, negative externality, pollution, tax revenues, tax shift
Owners, Keepers? (12/8/2000)
Stronger property rights may reduce overexploitation of natural resources that require little upfront capital investment, but may lead to faster exploitation of resources that require substantial upfront capital investment.
Keywords: access rights, Amazon, capital-intensive, deforestation, extraction, forestry, labor-intensive, natural resources, oil drilling, ownership risk, property rights