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Confronting the climate challenge : U.S. policy options /
Without significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will cause substantial damage to the environment and the economy. The scope of the threat demands a close look at the policies capable of reducing the harm. Confronting the Climate Challenge presents a unique framework for ev...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Introduction and analytical background. Introduction
- Climate policy, fiscal interactions, and economic outcomes
- II. The model's structure, inputs, and baseline output. Structure of the E3 model
- Data, parameters, and the reference case path
- III. Policy approaches and outcomes. Two approaches to carbon dioxide emissions pricing : a carbon tax and a cap-and-trade system
- Alternatives to emissions pricing : a clean energy standard and a gasoline tax increase
- Distribution of policy impacts across industries and households
- IV. Conclusions. Key insights.