Can a carbon permit system reduce Spanish unemployment?

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-604

  Fæhn, Taran ^a   Gómez Plana, Antonio G ^b   Kverndokk, Snorre ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c RAGNAR FRISCH CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium models; Emission permit auctions; Employment dividend; Spanish unemployment; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ABATEMENT COSTS; CARBON PERMIT; CARBON POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EMISSION PERMIT AUCTIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; MEMBER COUNTRIES; PAYROLL TAXES; SPANISH UNEMPLOYMENT; TAX REFORM; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES;

COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; RECYCLING; TAXATION; WAGES;

COMMERCE;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; RECYCLING; SKILLED LABOR; TAX REFORM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349264427     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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