How Large Are Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies?

World Development

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-27

  Coady, David ^a   Parry, Ian ^a   Sears, Louis ^b   Shang, Baoping ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; deadweight loss; efficient taxation; energy subsidies; global warming; revenue

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006306473     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.10.004     Document Type: Article

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