Global warming and the green paradox: a review of adverse effects of climate policies

This article examines the possible adverse effects of well-intended climate policies. A weak Green Paradox arises if the announcement of a future carbon tax or a sufficiently fast rising carbon tax encourages fossil fuel owners to extract reserves more aggressively, thus exacerbating global warming....

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Main Authors: Van der Ploeg, R, Withagen, C
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2013