Can we price carbon?

by Rabe, Barry George

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Title Statements

Full title :Can we price carbon? / Barry G. Rabe.

Summary

A political science analysis of the feasibility and sustainability of carbon pricing, drawing from North American, European, and Asian case studies. Climate change, economists generally agree, is best addressed by putting a price on the carbon content of fossil fuels--by taxing carbon, by cap-and-trade systems, or other methods. But what about the politics of carbon pricing? Do political realities render carbon pricing impracticable? In this book, Barry Rabe offers the first major political science analysis of the feasibility and sustainability of carbon pricing, drawing upon a series of real-world attempts to price carbon over the last two decades in North America, Europe, and Asia. Rabe asks whether these policies have proven politically viable and, if adopted, whether they survive political shifts and managerial challenges over time. The entire policy life cycle is examined, from adoption through advanced implementation, on a range of pricing policies including not only carbon taxes and cap-and-trade but also such alternative methods as taxing fossil fuel extraction. These case studies, Rabe argues, show that despite the considerable political difficulties, carbon pricing can be both feasible and durable.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 347 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262346580, 0262346583
oclc:on1031706606
LC Classification:HJ5316
Dewey Decimal:363.738/747

Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure Carbon taxes Climatic changes -- Government policy ENVIRONMENT/Energy Environmental impact charges SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General Taxe écologique Taxe sur le carbone