The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience
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- Stavins, Robert Norman & Aldy, Joseph Edgar, 2011. "The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience," Scholarly Articles 5347069, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
- Aldy, Joseph E. & Stavins, Robert N., 2011. "The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience," Climate Change and Sustainable Development 119105, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
- Aldy, Joseph E. & Stavins, Robert N., 2011. "The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience," Working Paper Series rwp11-041, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- Joseph E. Aldy & Robert Stavins, 2011. "The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience," NBER Working Papers 17569, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
: Global Climate Change; Market-Based Instruments; Carbon Pricing; Carbon Taxes; Cap-and-Trade; Emission Reduction Credits; Energy Subsidies; Clean Energy Standards;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
- Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2012-02-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CWA-2012-02-01 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-ENE-2012-02-01 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2012-02-01 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-REG-2012-02-01 (Regulation)
- NEP-RES-2012-02-01 (Resource Economics)
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