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Who Pays a Price on Carbon?
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We use the 2003 Consumer Expenditure Survey and emissions estimates from an input-output model based on the 1997 US economy to estimate the incidence of a price on carbon induced by a cap-and-trade program or carbon tax in the context of the US. We present results on how much different income deciles pay for a carbon tax as well as which industries see the largest increase in costs due to a carbon tax. We illustrate the main determinant of the regressivity: consumption patterns for energy-intensive goods. Furthermore, on a per-capita basis a carbon price is much more regressive than calculations at the household level. We discuss policy options to offset the adverse distributional effects of a carbon emissions policy.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Grainger, C. A., & Kolstad, C. D.
- Venue
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Published
- 2010-03-30
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 359-376
- ISSN
- 0924-6460 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1502
- OpenAlex
- W2148165261
- Cited by
- 266
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 17.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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