Global Warming Policy
A Public Finance Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Poterba (Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Director of the Public Economics Research Program, National Bureau of Economic Research, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 47-63 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.7.4.47 |
| OpenAlex | W2015055825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
In the last few years, a substantial volume of research has considered the design of taxes to slow greenhouse gas emissions as well as the economic effects of such policies. In this paper, I summarize the insights that have emerged from this work. I begin by explaining that while efficiency considerations create a presumption for using coordinated international policies to alter greenhouse gas emissions, the prospects for such action are bleak. Then I focus on the public finance of carbon taxes at the national level, considering the design of such taxes as well as their incidence across and within nations. Next, I focus on greenhouse gas emission policies that could be enacted in less-developed countries, such as the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and other policies to slow deforestation. Finally I suggest several promising directions for future study
Carbon finance · Economic policy · Economics · Fossil fuel · Greenhouse gas · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Political science · Presumption · Public economics · Public finance · Subsidy · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Finance
La fiscalité environnementale en France peut-elle devenir réellement écologique
Environmental taxation and the double dividend
Verdissement de la fiscalité
Endogenous Substitution among Energy Resources and Global Warming
Air pollutant taxation
The drawbacks and opportunities of carbon charges in metropolitan areas — A spatial general equilibrium approach
Environmental taxation for good and for bad
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2015 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |