Climate change taxes and energy efficiency in Japan

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-410

  Kasahara, Satoru ^a,b   Paltsev, Sergey ^a   Reilly, John ^a   Jacoby, Henry ^a   Ellerman, A Denny ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change policy; Emission trading; Energy efficiency; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY; EMISSION TRADING; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; SUBSIDY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FOSSIL FUEL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MODELING; POLICY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34249679797     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9031-1     Document Type: Article

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