Environmental Taxation in China
and Asia Pacific:
Achieving Sustainability Through
Fiscal Policy
‘Another outstanding volume on environmental taxation, this time with a focus on
China and the Asia-Pacific. Legal, economic and policy contributions offer great insight
in the present situation and future developments in this fascinating part of the world.’
– Kurt Deketelaere, LERU Office, Belgium
Foreword
Rae Kwon Chung
Preface
PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION STRATEGIES IN CHINA
1. Greening the Dragon: Energy Tax Policy in China
Walter Wang
2. Policy Design of Environmental Tax in China
Jinnan Wang, Chazhong Ge, Shuting Gao and Yajuan Ren
3. Lagging Behind or Catching Up? A Comparison of Chinese and European
Environmentally Related Taxes
Kris Bachus and Jing Cao
4. Assessment of Fiscal Intervention Measures in China: Perspectives from
Environmental Macroeconomics
Seck L. Tan and Dodo J. Thampapillai
5. Study on the Design of Wastewater Environmental Tax in China: From Wastewater
Pollutant Discharge Fee to Environmental Tax
Chazhong Ge, Shuting Gao, Yajuan Ren, Guili Sun and Feng Long
PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION STRATEGIES IN ASIA
6. Selling Climate Change Mitigation Measures: The Co-benefits of Environmental
Fiscal Reform
Jacqueline Cottrell
7. Carbon Tax Policy Progress in North-east Asia
Xianbing Liu, Kazunori Ogisu, Sunhee Suk and Tomohiro Shishime
8. Approaching Environmental Fee to Plastic Bag Waste Management in Ho Chi Minh
City Supermarkets
Le Nguyen Thuy Trang and Nguyen Thi Hai Yen
PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES TO REDUCE VEHICLE EMISSIONS IN ASIA-PACIFIC
9. Mandating Emission Targets Can Significantly Reduce Road Transport Emissions
in Australia
Anna Mortimore
10. Enhancing Green Tax Measures Concerning Energy Use in Hong Kong
Yuzhu Lu
11. Prospects of South African Vehicle Emissions Tax Reducing CO2 Emissions
Rudie Nel and Gerhard Nienaber
12. Australian Tax Reform for Sustainable Transportation
Prafula Pearce
PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA
13. The Political Economy of Australia’s Proposed Resource Rent Taxation
Regime
Hope Ashiabor and Moira Saccasan
14. Australia’s Proposals to Tax Coal Super Profits: A Cautionary Tale for the
Environment
Bill Butcher
Index
264 pages, Hardcover
