Tax-versus-trading and efficient revenue recycling as issues for greenhouse gas abatement

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-236

  Pezzey, John C V ^a,b   Jotzo, Frank ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Emission pricing; Global; Revenue recycling; Tax versus trading; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CLIMATE POLICY; EMISSIONS TAX; GLOBAL; TAX-VERSUS-TRADING; UNCERTAINTIES;

ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RECYCLING; TAXATION;

COMMERCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION TAX; PRICING POLICY; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84865186595     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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