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What is the Role of Carbon Taxes in Climate Change Mitigation?

This note argues that a carbon tax system is more practical to implement, monitor and enforce than tradable permit-based approaches to global climate-change action. It suggests that a sensible design will be an upstream carbon tax on the fossil fue...

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Main Authors:	Aldy, Joseph, Ley, Eduardo, Parry, Ian
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COSTS ADDED TAX APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BASELINE EMISSIONS BORDER TAX CARBON CARBON CONTENT CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON PRICE CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE SCENARIOS COAL CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION SOURCES EMISSION TARGET EMISSION TARGETS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS QUOTAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS TARGETS EMISSIONS TAX EMISSIONS TAXES ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY TAXES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL SUPPLY FUEL SOURCE FUEL SUPPLY FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN FUELS GASOLINE GASOLINE TAX GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES INCOME INCOME TAXES INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS LEVEL OF EMISSIONS MARGINAL EMISSIONS NATIONAL EMISSIONS NATURAL GAS OIL OIL PRODUCERS PER CAPITA INCOME PERMIT PRICE PETROLEUM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICE OF COAL PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRICE VOLATILITY QUANTITATIVE EMISSION RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS SEA LEVELS SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITIES TAX CREDITS TAX LAWS TAX MEASURES TAX POLICIES TAX POLICY TAX RATE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TRADABLE PERMIT VALUE ADDED TAX
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9795765/role-carbon-taxes-climate-change-mitigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11147

What is the Role of Carbon Taxes in Climate Change Mitigation?

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