Implementing a US carbon tax: challenges and debates

by Morris, Adele Cecile Parry, Ian W. H., (Ian William Holmes) Williams, Roberton C.

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Full title :Implementing a US carbon tax : challenges and debates / edited by Ian Parry, Adele Morris and Roberton C. Williams III.

Summary

Although the future extent and effects of global climate change remain uncertain, the expected damages are not zero, and risks of serious environmental and macroeconomic consequences rise with increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Despite the uncertainties, reducing emissions now makes sense, and a carbon tax is the simplest, most effective, and least costly way to do this. At the same time, a carbon tax would provide substantial new revenues which may be badly needed, given historically high debt-to-GDP levels, pressures on social security and medical budgets, and calls to reform taxes on personal and corporate income. This book is about the practicalities of introducing a carbon tax, set against the broader fiscal context. It consists of thirteen chapters, written by leading experts, covering the full range of issues policymakers would need to understand, such as the revenue potential of a carbon tax, how the tax can be administered, the advantages of carbon taxes over other mitigation instruments and the environmental and macroeconomic impacts of the tax. A carbon tax can work in the United States. This volume shows how, by laying out sound design principles, opportunities for broader policy reforms, and feasible solutions to specific implementation challenges.--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:xlii, 264 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138814158, 1138814156, 9781138825369, 1138825360, 1315747685, 9781315747682
oclc:ocn891001377
LC Classification:HJ5321
Dewey Decimal:363.738/7460973

Carbon taxes as part of the fiscal solution -- Choosing among mitigation instruments : how strong is the case for a US carbon tax? -- Administration of a US carbon tax -- Carbon taxes to achieve emissions targets : insights from EMF 24 -- Macroeconomic effects of carbon taxes -- The distributional burden of a carbon tax : evidence and implications for policy 7. offsetting a carbon tax's burden on low-income households -- Carbon taxes and corporate tax reform -- Carbon taxes and energy intensive trade exposed industries : impacts and options -- The role of energy technology policy alongside carbon pricing -- Mixing it up : power sector energy and regional and regulatory climate policies in the presence of a carbon tax -- Implications of carbon taxes for transportation policies -- Comparing countries' climate mitigation efforts in a post-Kyoto world.

Subjects

Carbon taxes Carbon taxes -- United States Climatic changes -- Law and legislation Climatic changes -- Law and legislation… Échange de droits d'émission (Environne… Emissions trading Emissions trading -- United States Klimaschutz Taxe sur le carbone -- États-Unis Umweltsteuer United States USA