Thoughts on a carbon tax
Thoughts on a carbon tax / Adele Morris, Brookings, Brookings Institution blog, 8/11/2011
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/1107_carbon_tax_morris.aspx
The potential role for a carbon tax in a broader tax reform package is timely and economically important. This paper addresses two aspects of the issue: the economics and the politics. It makes good economic sense to embed a carbon tax in a broader tax reform package. If you’re going to “go big” on deficit reduction, it makes sense to include a carbon tax, and likewise if you’re going to do serious climate policy, it makes sense to raise revenue for deficit reduction or to offset other taxes. Despite the strong economic case, the political challenges to a carbon tax are many, and they aren’t just from anti-tax Republicans who don’t believe in the science of climate change. Some of the headwind to a carbon tax derives from tepid enthusiasm from Democrats and the environmental community…
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (8 novembre 2011). Thoughts on a carbon tax. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 19 septembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/o99e
