The simple arithmetic of carbon pricing and stranded assets

A simple rule for the optimal global price of carbon is presented, which captures the geo-physical, economic, and ethical drivers of climate policy as well as the effect of uncertainty about future growth of consumption. There is also a discussion of the optimal carbon budget and the amount of unbur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Van der Ploeg, R, Rezai, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2017