Income distribution impacts of climate change mitigation policy in the Susquehanna River Basin Economy

Energy Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 520-544

  Oladosu, Gbadebo ^a   Rose, Adam ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Climate change policy; Computable general equilibrium; Distributional impacts; Regional economic analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARNINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

CARBON TAX; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCT (GRP); INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION TAX; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947131612     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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