Distributional effects of climate change taxation: The case of the UK

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3670-3676

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a,b   Hubacek, Klaus ^a,c   Guan, Dabo ^e   Contestabile, Monica ^d   Minx, Jan ^b,f   Barrett, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Panda House   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COST EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS; FUEL POVERTY; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; HOUSING STOCK; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS;

FOOD PRODUCTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING;

TAXATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING PROJECT; MITIGATION; TAX SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POVERTY; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; TAXES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952498179     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902974g     Document Type: Article

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