Is Broader Always Better? Preexisting Distortions, Emissions Elasticities, and the Scope of Emissions Pricing
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- Lawrence H. Goulder & Marc A.C. Hafstead & Roberton C. Williams III, 2024. "Is Broader Always Better? Preexisting Distortions, Emissions Elasticities, and the Scope of Emissions Pricing," NBER Working Papers 32915, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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