Optimal Taxes on Fossil Fuel in General Equilibrium

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-88

  Golosov, Mikhail ^a   Hassler, John ^b   Krusell, Per ^b   Tsyvinski, Aleh ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Economics Yale ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Optimal policy; Optimal taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893449006     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10217     Document Type: Article

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