Carbon taxes and U.S. fiscal reform

National Tax Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-156

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Fiscal policy; General equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008660246     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2015.1.06     Document Type: Article

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