Alternative designs for tariffs on embodied carbon: A global cost-effectiveness analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages

  Böhringer, Christoph ^a   Bye, Brita ^b   Fæhn, Taran ^b   Rosendahl, Knut Einar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Research Department   (Norway)

Author keywords

Border tariffs; Carbon leakage; Embodied carbon

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; BORDER TARIFFS; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON LEAKAGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GLOBAL TRADE; GLOBAL WELFARE; IMPORT TARIFF;

ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBAL WARMING; PRICE DYNAMICS; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870060214     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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