法国的热温泉城镇引入了过夜税以助力其发展。如今，大约一半的法国地方政府都实施了过夜税政策。
France's tax on overnight stays was introduced to assist thermal spa towns to develop, and around half of the French local authorities use it today.
商人们认为在经济发展缓慢、通货膨胀加剧的时候，他们应该少缴点税，而不是缴得更多。
Merchants argue that as the economy slows and inflation increases, they should pay less, not more, in taxes.
这项手段没有碳税那样富有成效，而且扭曲市场。 例如西班牙的太阳能关税补贴使工业得到蓬勃发展，但随之而来的则是萧条的一年。
They are less efficient than a carbon price and distort the market—witness Spain’s solar feed-in tariff, which caused a boom in the industry, followed by a bust this year.
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