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

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 fu...

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Main Authors: Aldy, Joseph, Ley, Eduardo, Parry, Ian
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CO
CO2
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/20182308/role-carbon-taxes-climate-change-mitigation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20115