Implementing a US Carbon Tax (eBook, PDF)

Challenges and Debates
Redaktion: Parry, Ian; Williams III, Roberton C.; Morris, Adele

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the practicalities of introducing a carbon tax in the United States, set against the broader fiscal context. It consists of thirteen chapters, written by leading experts, covering the full range of issues policymakers would need to understand. These include, for example, the revenue potential of a carbon tax, how the tax can be administered, the advantages of carbon taxes over other mitigation instruments, the environmental and macroeconomic impacts of the tax, and opportunities for reforming broader fiscal, regulatory, and technology policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317602088
• Artikelnr.: 42504157

Autorenporträt

Ian Parry is Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF Adele Morris is a fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution. Roberton C. Williams III is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, Senior Fellow and Director of Academic Programs at Resources for the Future, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution 2. Choosing among Mitigation
Instruments: How Strong is the Case for a US Carbon Tax? 3. Administration
of a US Carbon Tax 4. Carbon Taxes to Achieve Emissions Targets - Insights
from EMF 24 5. Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Taxes 6. The Distributional
Burden of a Carbon Tax: Evidence and Implications for Policy 7. Offsetting
a Carbon Tax's Burden on Low-Income Households 8. Carbon Taxes and
Corporate Tax Reform 9. Carbon Taxes and Energy Intensive Trade Exposed
Industries: Impacts and Options 10. The Role of Energy Technology Policy
Alongside Carbon Pricing 11. Mixing It Up: Power Sector Energy and Regional
and Regulatory Climate Policies in the Presence of a Carbon Tax 12.
Implications of Carbon Taxes for Transportation Policies 13. Comparing
Countries' Climate Mitigation Efforts in a Post-Kyoto World