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Power and Policy Design: A Comparison of Green Taxation in Scandinavian Agriculture
Author(s) -
Daugbjerg Carsten
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1998.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , politics , public economics , revenue , tax revenue , tax policy , agriculture , economics , economic policy , argument (complex analysis) , agricultural policy , business , tax reform , political science , law , finance , geography , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology
This article demonstrates the political importance of policy design in overcoming the opposition to the use of green taxes directed towards producers. The purpose of the article is to establish the link between the political power of producers and policy design. It is argued that the more politically powerful they are, the more likely policy makers are to reimburse tax revenues, to give producers control over the spending of the revenue and to design tax schemes in which there is a direct relationship between the subject being taxed and pollution. A comparison of fertilizer and pesticide tax policy making in Denmark, Norway and Sweden supports this argument.