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- Title
As an emerging economy, should Malaysia adopt carbon taxation?
- Authors
Kum Yeen Wong; Joon Huang Chuah; Chris Hope
- Abstract
On 1 July 2014, the Australian Government announced the abolition of its new carbon tax policy barely two years into implementation. The Australia's policy U-turn raises a very important question: Should an emerging economy such as Malaysia adopt carbon and climate change policy as part of a larger tax reform? In order to answer this, the key issues, main driving forces and barriers in the use of carbon tax as an incentive-based instrument for economic and environmental policies purposes are examined. With the recent global climate challenges and the fiscal needs of the national budget, it is submitted that the implementation of a carbon tax framework in Malaysia should be regarded not as an ultimate goal in itself but as a starting point to develop the right behavioural response for a better and more comprehensive national fiscal and climate policy reform in the future.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIAN politics &; government; IMPLEMENTATION (Social action programs); CARBON taxes; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE change
- Publication
Energy & Environment, 2019, Vol 30, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
0958-305X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0958305X18787273