Can carbon taxes be progressive?

Energy Economics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-100

  Dissou, Yazid ^a   Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon taxes; CGE model; Climate change; Inequality

Indexed keywords

CARBON TAXES; CGE MODEL; COMMODITY PRICES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; ENERGY COMMODITY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; INEQUALITY; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; WAGES;

COSTS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY PRICE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 84891064066     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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