Chichilnisky, Graciela and Heal, Geoffrey (1995): Markets with tradable CO2 emission quotas: principles and practice.
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Abstract
This paper reviews a range of issues relating to tradable carbon dioxide quotas. It considers the economic principles on which they are based, compares them with alternative carbon abatement policies, and reviews many aspects of how tradable quotas would be implemented in practice.
Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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Original Title: | Markets with tradable CO2 emission quotas: principles and practice |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | OECD; environmental economics; global environment; climate change; emissions; international organizations; carbon tax; carbon market; joint implementation; Pigou; Coase; property rights; north-south; market costs; international markets |
Subjects: | Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue > H23 - Externalities ; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies |
Item ID: | 8486 |
Depositing User: | Graciela Chichilnisky |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2008 04:41 |
Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2019 05:01 |
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URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/8486 |