Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform: Comments on the Issues Paper by John Hontelez

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform (Berlin, 27 June 2002): Comments on the Issues Paper by John Hontelez, European Environment Bureau

Ökologische Finanzreform. Eine gemeinsam von der OECD und dem Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit veranstaltete Konferenz, Berlin, Deutschland, 27. Juni 2002

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Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform: Comments on Issues Paper by Alberto Cornejo Pérez

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform (Berlin, 27 June 2002): Comments on Issues Paper by Alberto Cornejo Pérez, Ministry of Finance, Spain

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform: Comments on the Issues Paper by Andrew Field

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform (Berlin 27 June 2002): Comments on the Issues Paper by Andrew Field, HM Treasury, UK

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform: Comments on the Issues Paper by Hans Larsen

Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform (Berlin, 27 June 2002): Comments on the Issues Paper by Hans Larsen, Ministry of Taxation, Denmark

Issues Paper for the Conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform, 27 June 2002

This paper, by Professor Flip de Kam of the University of Gronigen, Netherlands, presents and discusses the issues that were in focus at the conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform.

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