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Addressing Climate Change with a Comprehensive U.S. Cap-and-Trade System

Stavins, Robert N. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

There is growing impetus for a domestic U.S. climate policy that can provide meaningful reductions in emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. I describe and analyze an up- stream, economy-wide CO2 cap-and-trade system which implements a gradual trajectory of emissions reductions (with...

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A Meaningful U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Climate Change

Stavins, Robert N. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

There is growing impetus for a domestic U.S. climate policy that can provide meaningful reductions in emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. In this article, I propose and analyze a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically feasible approach for the United States to...

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Multiple instruments to change energy behaviour: The emperor’s new clothes?

Bye, Torstein; Bruvoll, Annegrete - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2008

Over the last few decades, several instruments have evolved to deal with similar energy and environmental challenges. For instance, the economic literature prescribes separate tax or cap-and-trade systems to internalize negative environmental externalities and subsidies to internalize positive...

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Introducing carbon taxes in Russia : the relevance of tax-interaction effects

Orlov, Anton; Grethe, Harald - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 14 (2014) 3, pp. 723-754

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Can carbon taxes be progressive?

Dissou, Yazid; Muhammad Shahid Siddiqui - In: Energy economics 42 (2014), pp. 88-100

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Optimal environmental border adjustments under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Balistreri, Edward J.; Kaffine, Daniel T.; Yonezawa, … - Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines - 2014

We consider the legal and economic context for border adjustments that might be used to augment subglobal carbon abatement. Following Markusen (1975) we establish optimal border policy in the presence of cross-border environmental damages. The optimal border policy includes a strategic component...

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Can carbon taxes be progressive?

Dissou, Yazid; Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid - In: Energy Economics 42 (2014) C, pp. 88-100

Most studies have assessed the distributional impact of carbon taxes through their effects on commodity prices alone … households. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the incidence of carbon taxes on inequality by considering …, we develop a general equilibrium model to assess the impact of carbon taxes on factor and commodity prices, and …

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The Economics of Wind Power: Destabilizing an Electricity Grid with Renewable Power

van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis; Prescott, Ryan - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2007

wind, substantial savings of 31.03 Mt CO2 (58% of total emissions) can result. However, this occurs for carbon taxes of …

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Public Policies against Global Warming

Sinn, Hans-Werner - CESifo - 2007

finance measures, constant unit carbon taxes and source taxes on capital income for resource owners stand out. …

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany

Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...

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