metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …

metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …

This paper examines how income inequality can affect the polarization of heterogeneous party platforms on climate … preferred redistribution. A static gametheoretic model of two-dimensional political competition on a carbon tax (with … distributional implications) and an income tax is combined with a model of a carbonintensive economy. For a higher inequality of pre …

damage function. This result offers a simple rule to account for inequality in the design of climate policy. We show that … wealthier regions should bear more responsibility for carbon capture to cleanse the atmosphere, and that inequality per se does … capture serves as a redistribution tool when direct lump-sum transfers across regions are unfeasible. …

carbon emission reduction than redistribution (inequality reduction by transfers). However, those countries who contribute …This study investigates the relationship between distinct types of inequality and CO2 emissions using panel data on 156 … that pre-distribution (inequality reduction by structural changes and social protection) is better aligned with the goal of …