Pigouvian Taxation

Rental Car Taxes by State, 2025

Americans may be surprised to see just how much they are taxed for renting a car.

How Should Alternative Tobacco Products Be Taxed?

The potential for alternative tobacco products to save lives is clear and well established. The framework described in this paper uses a scientific approach to tax strategy that will both reduce harm and create a reliable revenue stream for public expenditures.

Externality

Pigouvian Tax

Excise Tax

New EPA Rules Could Lead to State Carbon Taxes

D.C. Bag Tax Leads to Fewer Bags, or Not?

The Limits of Cap and Trade

Bag Taxes Disappointing in Debut

Mayor Fenty Seeks to Raid Bag Tax Fund

New DC Charge on Plastic Bags is a Tax

Government Should Stay Out of Business, Unless They Don’t Want To

Paper or Plastic? NEITHER in San Jose come 2011.

No Bag Tax in Seattle

California’s Proposed Carbon-Based Fuel Tax

Who Pays for Climate Policy? New Estimates of the Household Burden and Economic Impact of a U.S. Cap-and-Trade System

Democrats Mulling Gas Stamp Program

Arizona’s Special Interest Laundry List

Cap-and-Trade and Econ 101

Earth Day Blog Post: Tax Policy and the Environment