Currently, China is the largest carbon emitter mainly due to growing consumption of fossil fuels. In 2009, the Chinese government committed itself to reducing domestic carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 40–45% by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. Therefore, it is a top priority for the Chinese...

This study assesses the impacts of introducing an oil products tax on the general economy, economic structure, energy consumption, and air pollutant emissions (CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>, SO<Subscript>2</Subscript>, and NO<Subscript>x</Subscript>) in China using a static computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. The conclusion is that taxation on oil products...</subscript></subscript></subscript>