The economics of the CDM levy: Revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Fankhauser, Samuel ^a   Martin, Nat ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation finance; CDM levy; Clean development mechanism

Indexed keywords

BUYERS AND SELLERS; CARBON TRADING; CDM LEVY; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC BURDEN; ECONOMIC COSTS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EMISSION ABATEMENT; IF THERE ARE; ON-DEMAND; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REVENUE POTENTIAL; TAX RATES; TAX REVENUE; TRADE VOLUME;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL;

TAXATION;

ABATEMENT COST; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 71649110700     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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