The Cost of Climate Policy in the United States

We consider the cost of meeting emissions reduction targets consistent with a G8 proposal of a 50 percent global reduction in emissions by 2050, and an Obama Administration proposal of an 80 percent reduction over this period. We apply the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA), modelin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morris, Jennifer F., Jacoby, Henry D., Reilly, John M., Paltsev, Sergey
Format: Working Paper
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45667