Combet, Emmanuel; Ghersi, Frédéric; Hourcade, Jean-Charles - In: Revue française d'économie Volume XXV (2010) 2, pp. 59-91
This paper aims at clearing up misunderstandings about the social impacts of carbon taxes, which proved to be a decisive obstacle to their further consideration in public debates. It highlights the gap between the cost of a carbon tax reform as it is spontaneously perceived by the taxpayers and...