Are environmental taxes a free lunch? Issues in modelling the macroeconomic effects of carbon taxes

Energy Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-56

  Mabey, Nick ^a   Nixon, James ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous technical progress; Environmental taxation; Macroeconomic modelling

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION;

ENDOGENOUS TECHNICAL PROGRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION; MACROECONOMIC MODELLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CARBON TAX; ECONOMETRIC MODELLING; EMPIRICAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; MACROECONOMIC EFFECT; SIMULATION MODEL;

EID: 0031084767     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(96)01006-7     Document Type: Article

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