Economic evaluations of pollution control policies have traditionally focused on pure efficiency effects either a comparison of their economic costs and environmental benefits, or a comparison of their costs relative to those of alternative control policies (e.g., Cropper and Oates 1992,...

This paper estimates the welfare costs of the main medium-term options for significantly reducing U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems applied economy-wide and to the power sector only, and an emissions rate standard for power...

1. Carbon taxes as part of the fiscal solution / William G. Gale, Samuel Brown, and Fernando Saltiel -- 2. Choosing among mitigation instruments : how strong is the case for a US carbon tax? / Ian Parry -- 3. Administration of a US carbon tax / Jack Calder -- 4. Carbon taxes to achieve emissions...