Potential of border tax adjustments to deter free riding in international climate agreements

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Irfanoglu, Zeynep Burcu ^a   Sesmero, Juan P ^a   Golub, Alla ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

border tax adjustment; climate policy; computable general equilibrium; punitive tariffs; sub game perfect Nash equilibrium

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BORDER TAX ADJUSTMENTS; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; NASH EQUILIBRIA; PUNITIVE TARIFFS;

TAXATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923677247     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024009     Document Type: Article

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