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Green growth? Evidence from energy taxes in Europe / Seán Lyons &#38; Richard S J Tol, VoxEU.org, 12/11/2011http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/7266Politicians around the world like to argue that ‘green growth’ will create jobs and stimulate innovation. This column examines the impact of energy taxes on business, with a dataset of 11 million European firms between 1996 and 2007. The results are mixed – it seems that dirty, smoke-filled growth may well be better for the firm’s workers and their customers...