Combining an inter-sectoral carbon tax with sectoral mitigation policies: Impacts on the French forest sector

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-461

  Caurla, Sylvain ^a,b   Delacote, Philippe ^a,b,c   Lecocq, Franck ^b   Barthès, Julien ^d   Barkaoui, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c Chaire d Économie du Climat   (France)

^d Office National des Forêts   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Carbon storage; Carbon tax; Forest sector modeling; Fuelwood; Mitigation policies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; TAXATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-MASS ENERGY; CARBON STORAGE; CARBON TAXES; FOREST SECTOR MODEL; FUELWOOD; MITIGATION POLICIES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS POWER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY POLICY; FUELWOOD; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION TAX;

CARBON; FORESTRY; FUELS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84889570403     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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