Carbon tariffs on Chinese exports: Emissions reduction, threat, or farce?

Energy Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 315-327

  Hübler, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a Centre for European Economic Research   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon content of trade; Carbon tariff; China

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON CONTENT; CGE MODEL; CHINA; CLIMATE REGIME; DEVELOPING REGIONS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; EXPORT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84866948528     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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