Pricing carbon in the U.S.: A model-based analysis of power-sector-only approaches

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-150

  McKibbin, Warwick J ^a,b   Morris, Adele C ^b   Wilcoxen, Peter J ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon pricing; Climate policy; Electricity; Energy prices; Exchange rates; General equilibrium modeling; Leakage

Indexed keywords

CARBON PRICING; CLIMATE POLICY; ENERGY PRICES; EXCHANGE RATES; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

COSTS;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; MODEL TEST; POLICY APPROACH; TERMS OF TRADE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892981815     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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