Download This PaperSome Basic Economics of Carbon Taxes
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Some Basic Economics of Carbon Taxes
Crawford School of Economics and Government – Centre for Climate Economics & Policy (CCEP) Working Paper 4.10
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Abstract
This article asks three questions. First, how do carbon taxes drive economic and environmental outcomes? Second, what is the appropriate economic base on which carbon taxes should be levied? Finally, how well does a carbon tax deliver economic and environmental outcomes compared to a comparable emissions trading scheme?
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Clarke, Harry, Some Basic Economics of Carbon Taxes (June 2011). Australian Economic Review, Vol. 44, Issue 2, pp. 123-136, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1856884 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8462.2011.00630.x
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