Environmental Policy and Time Consistency : Emissions Taxes and Emissions Trading

Environmental Policy and Time Consistency : Emissions Taxes and Emissions Trading

The authors examine policy problems related to the use of emissions taxes, and emissions trading, two market-based instruments for controlling pollution by getting regulated firms to adopt cleaner technologies. By attaching an explicit price to emi...

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Main Authors: Kennedy, Peter W., Laplante, Benoit
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ABATEMENT COST
ABATEMENT MEASURES
AGGREGATE EMISSIONS
AGGREGATE LEVEL
AGGREGATE SUPPLY
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES
CLEANER TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
DAMAGE FUNCTION
EMISSION
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSION TAXES
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS STANDARDS
EMISSIONS TAXES
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIBRIUM PRICES
FOREST MANAGEMENT
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
LEVEL OF EMISSIONS
MARGINAL ABATEMENT
MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST
MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS
MARKET POWER
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PERMIT PRICE
PERMIT SUPPLY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LEVELS
POLLUTION REDUCTION
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SHADOW PRICE
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY CHOICE
TRADABLE PERMITS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437409/environmental-policy-time-consistency-emissions-taxes-emissions-trading
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18852

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/437409/environmental-policy-time-consistency-emissions-taxes-emissions-trading
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18852

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