An agricultural sector model based on the principle of economic welfare maximization was modified to derive the supply schedules for carbon sequestered by afforestation in Taiwan. Competition for land between agricultural and forest enterprises provided the basis for simultaneous price...

A sustainable world has often been assumed to be a world in which climate change will be dealt with automatically. But even in a future which emphasizes sustainability, there will still be limited resources and the need to balance competing demands on these resources. As the list of objectives...

A computable general equilibrium analysis of emissions trading between Russia and the European Union (EU) is presented using a complete and consistent input-output database for the Russian Federation and several baseline scenarios for Russia’s future economic development. We find that...

We develop a simple general equilibrium model in the style of Harberger to analyze the distributional effects of the proposed “environment tax” on carbon in Japan. We derive closed-form equations that show how a change in the tax rate affects the economy-wide return to capital, wage, and...

Using a bottom-up model, the effectiveness of carbon tax policy and a policy mix related to a carbon tax in Japan are assessed to reduce CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions to the targeted level in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In this simulation, only existing technologies and practical new...</subscript>

Our study empirically investigates the effects of the Kyoto Protocol’s quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments on various greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as carbon dioxide (CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>), methane (CH<Subscript>4</Subscript>), nitrous oxide (N<Subscript>2</Subscript>O), and other greenhouse gases consisting of hydrofluorocarbons...</subscript></subscript></subscript>

This paper aims to assess Japan’s decision-making process to finalize its proposal for the Kyoto Protocol by comparing it to a similar decision in 1990–1992. The processes of the two periods are analyzed at both the international and domestic levels of decision making. At the domestic level,...

Since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, several studies have estimated the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by the amount specified in the Protocol, as well as the price of the permits. A number of authors have recently shown that, following the US withdrawal and the...

Multifaceted, intersectional issues, such as those dealing with climate change, require a mechanism for policy integration. To overcome interministerial conflict over the issue of climate change, Japan, on instruction from the Prime Minister, established the Joint Conference on Relevant Advisory...