Böhringer, Christoph; Schneider, Jan; Asane-Otoo, Emmanuel - 2016
Carbon-based import tariffs are discussed as policy measures to reduce carbon leakage and increase the global cost …-effectiveness of unilateral CO2 emission pricing. We assess how the potential of carbon tariffs to increase cost-effectiveness of … unilateral climate policy depends on the magnitude and composition of carbon embodied in trade. For our assessment, we combine …