Emission trading schemes: potential revenue effects, compliance costs and overall tax policy issues

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4595-4603

  Pope, Jeff ^a   Owen, Anthony D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Emissions; Taxation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMPLIANCE COSTS; EMISSION TRADING SCHEME; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; MARKET-BASED INSTRUMENTS; POLLUTER-PAYS PRINCIPLE; POTENTIAL REVENUE;

TAXATION;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70449426107     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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