A look inwards: Carbon tariffs versus internal improvements in emissions-trading systems

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages

  Springmann, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon tariffs; Climate policy; Computable general equilibrium; Emissions trading

Indexed keywords

CARBON LEAKAGE; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; DOMESTIC EMISSIONS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WELFARE; POLICY OPTIONS; POLITICAL BENEFITS; WORLD ECONOMY;

CARBON; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870063356     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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