Is it in China's interest to implement an export carbon tax?

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2072-2080

  Li, Ji Feng ^a,c   Wang, Xin ^b,c   Zhang, Ya Xiong ^a,c  

^a State Information Center of China   (China)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; China; Climate change; Export tax; WTO

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; TAXATION;

CARBON TAXES; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EXPORT TAXES; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; POLICY SCENARIO; SENSITIVITY TESTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPORT; INVESTMENT; POLLUTION TAX; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84867695233     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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