Re: Green Permits and Taxes

[Rosser Jr, John Barkley]

Michael,
    True, but this really relates to the broader question 
of the employment impacts of more stringent environmental 
controls (assuming that alternative schemes that are being 
compared are reasonably put together, not a comparison with 
"ideal taxes" versus some scam-ridden permit scheme or vice 
versa).
     There is a lot of evidence both internationally and at 
the state level that overall there is a positive 
relationship between economic performance, including 
employment, and strict environmental policies.  I even 
testified before a committee of the Virginia legislature on 
this very point (our recent governor, George Allen, was an 
environmental abomination, and "doing it to helpe 
business") and have some sources on this, although former 
pen-ler (possibly still current) Eban Goodstein is much 
more up on this than I am for anybody who wants a 
follow-through.
Barkley Rosser
On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:39:06 -0800 Michael Perelman 
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> Max B. Sawicky wrote:
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> A tax on profits or pollution that reduces employment is also a partial tax
> on labor.
> 
> I respond that it can also induce more employment engaged in pollution
> control.
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
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> Tel. 916-898-5321
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