Emissions taxes versus intensity standards: Second-best environmental policies with incomplete regulation

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-387

  Holland, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions taxes; Emissions trading; Externality; Incomplete regulation; Intensity standards; Leakage; Market power

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TAX; EMISSIONS TRADING; EXTERNALITY; INCOMPLETE REGULATION; MARKET POWER;

LEAKAGE (FLUID); STANDARDS;

TAXATION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84858341774     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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