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--to provide incentives for their reduction. The United States does not have a federal carbon tax; however, many state and federal … Fischer, Meredith Fowlie, and Rob Williams--to discuss how the United States does, in fact, price carbon and how it could …
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This paper investigates the interrelation between adaptation and climate protection efforts of individuals in a cross-country comparison. The theoretical predictions based on a subjective utility framework demonstrate that, at the individual level, private adaptation and climate protection...
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the United States. These data reveal a higher extent of the past purchase of carbon offsets in the United States. In both … additional important role, while in the Unites States social motives such as expectations from the society are of a high … identification with green politics) is significantly correlated with already purchased carbon offsets in the United States, but not …
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; Lieberman-Warner Bill ; Waxman-Markey Bill ; World Trade Organization ; Kyoto Protocol ; China ; United States …
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politically feasible approach for the United States to reduce its contributions to the increase in atmospheric concentrations of …
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In 2010, the U.S. government adopted its first consistent estimates of the social cost of carbon (SCC) for government-wide use in regulatory cost-benefit analysis. Here, the authors examine a number of limitations of the estimates identified in the U.S. government report and elsewhere and review...
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Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify the decision calculus for these activities in the...
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- generates multiple steady states and Skiba points. It is shown that the policy ramp implied by this model calls for high …
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Urban areas have particular sensitivities to climate change, and therefore adaptation to a warming planet represents a challenging new issue for urban policy makers in both the developed and developing world. Further to climate mitigation strategies implemented in various cities over the past 20...
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