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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-tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rabe, Barry George, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Series:American and comparative environmental policy.
Subjects:
Carbon taxes.
Environmental impact charges.
Climatic changes > Government policy.
Taxe sur le carbone.
Taxe écologique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Carbon taxes
Climatic changes > Government policy
Environmental impact charges
ENVIRONMENT/Energy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why carbon pricing is appealing
  • Why politicians are reluctant to price carbon
  • Why carbon pricing has often failed
  • When carbon taxes work
  • When cap-and-trade works
  • A carbon pricing work in progress
  • Carbon pricing lessons
  • A second act for carbon pricing?

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