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The welfare costs of hybrid carbon policies in the European Union

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dc.contributor Babiker, Mustafa H.M.
dc.contributor Viguier, Laurent L.
dc.contributor Reilly, John M.
dc.contributor Ellerman, A. Denny.
dc.contributor Criqui, Patrick.
dc.date 2003-10-24T14:56:03Z
dc.date 2003-10-24T14:56:03Z
dc.date 2001-06
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:31:12Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:31:12Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier no. 74
dc.identifier http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a74
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3571
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description To what extent do the welfare costs associated with the implementation of the Burden Sharing Agreement in the European Union depend on sectoral allocation of emissions rights? What are the prospects for strategic climate policy to favor domestic production? This paper attempts to answer those questions using a CGE model featuring a detailed representation of the European economies. First, numerical simulations show that equalizing marginal abatement costs across domestic sectors greatly reduces the burden of the emissions constraint but also that other allocations may be preferable for some countries because of pre-existing tax distortions. Second, we show that the effect of a single country's attempt to undertake a strategic policy to limit impacts on its domestic energy-intensive industries has mixed effects. Exempting energy-intensive industries from the reduction program is a costly solution to maintain the international competitiveness of these industries; a tax-cum-subsidy approach is shown to be better than exemption policy to sustain exports. The welfare impact either policy -- exemption or subsidy -- on other European countries is likely to be small because of general equilibrium effects.
dc.description Abstract in HTML and technical report in PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/)
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18).
dc.format 18 p.
dc.format 247892 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
dc.relation Report no. 74
dc.rights http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a74
dc.subject QC981.8.C5.M58 no.74
dc.title The welfare costs of hybrid carbon policies in the European Union


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