Callan, Tim; Lyons, Sean; Scott, Sue; Tol, Richard S. J.; … - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008
We study the effects of carbon tax and revenue recycling across the income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. In absolute terms, a carbon tax of ?20/tCO2 would cost the poorest households less than ?3/week and the richest households more than ?4/week. A carbon tax is regressive, therefore....
