Who pays a price on carbon?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-376

  Grainger, Corbett A ^a,b   Kolstad, Charles D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Distributional incidence; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; TAXATION;

CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM; CARBON TAXES; CONSUMER EXPENDITURE; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; DISTRIBUTIONAL INCIDENCE; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; TRADABLE PERMITS;

COSTS;

CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953480306     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9345-x     Document Type: Article

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