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Carbon tax needs thresholds to reach its full potential

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  • John C. V. Pezzey

    (Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University)

  • Frank Jotzo

    (Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
    Centre for European Economic Research)

Abstract

The political opportunities for implementing a carbon tax high enough to induce large emission cuts will be better if at first the tax is charged on the difference between emissions and fixed thresholds, rather than on all emissions as is now practised.

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  • John C. V. Pezzey & Frank Jotzo, 2013. "Carbon tax needs thresholds to reach its full potential," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(12), pages 1008-1011, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:12:d:10.1038_nclimate2054
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2054
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