Intergenerational inequality aversion, growth, and the role of damages: Occam’s rule for the global carbon tax

We derive a simple rule for a nearly optimal carbon tax that can be implemented and tested in a decentralized market economy. Our simple rule depends on the effect of the pure rate of time preference, growth, and intergenerational inequality aversion and basic parameters of the carbon cycle, but als...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteurs: Rezai, A, Van der Ploeg, F
Formaat: Journal article
Gepubliceerd in: University of Chicago Press Journals 2016