When do increasing carbon taxes accelerate global warming? A note on the green paradox

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2208-2212

  Edenhofer, Ottmar ^a,b   Kalkuhl, Matthias ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Resource taxes; Supply side dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARBON TAXES; CLIMATE POLICY; DISCOUNT RATES; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; INITIAL VALUES; RESOURCE OWNERS; RESOURCE TAXES; SUPPLY-SIDE DYNAMICS; TERM EXTRACTION; TIME HORIZONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING;

TAXATION;

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MITIGATION; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 79952310668     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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