A future for carbon taxes

被引：333

作者：

Baranzini, A

Goldemberg, J

Speck, S

机构：

[1] Univ Geneva, UNIMAIL, Fac Econ & Social Sci, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

[2] Scuola Univ Profess Svizzera Italiana, Manno, Switzerland

[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Electrotecn & Energia, Sao Paulo, Brazil

[4] Reg Environm Ctr Cent & Eastern Europe, Szentendre, Hungary

[5] Forum Future, London, England

来源：

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS | 2000年 / 32卷 / 03期

关键词：

carbon taxes; energy taxes; climate change;

D O I：

10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00122-6

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Carbon taxes have been frequently advocated as a cost-effective instrument for reducing emissions. However, in the practice of environmental policies, only six countries have implemented taxes based on the carbon content of the energy products. In this paper, we evaluate carbon taxes with regard to their competitiveness, distributional and environmental impacts. The evidence shows that carbon taxes may be an interesting policy option and that their main negative impacts may be compensated through the design of the tax and the use of the generated fiscal revenues. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：395 / 412

页数：18