Unilateral Climate Policy Design: Efficiency and Equity Implications of Alternative Instruments to Reduce Carbon Leakage. Böhringer, C., Carbone, J. C., & Rutherford, T. F. Energy Economics. ![Unilateral Climate Policy Design: Efficiency and Equity Implications of Alternative Instruments to Reduce Carbon Leakage [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Global cost-effectiveness of unilateral emission abatement can be seriously hampered by carbon leakage. We assess three widely discussed proposals for leakage reduction: carbon-motivated border tax adjustments, industry exemptions from carbon regulation, and output-based allocation of emission allowances. We find that none of these measures amounts to a “magic bullet” when both efficiency and equity criteria matter. Compared to unilateral emission pricing alone, border carbon adjustments are most effective in leakage reduction and promotion of global cost-effectiveness but can markedly exacerbate regional inequality; exemptions and output-based allocation tend to avoid distributional pitfalls but are less effective in leakage reduction and global cost savings; exemptions may even decreae global cost-effectiveness of unilateral emission abatement.
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title = {Unilateral {Climate} {Policy} {Design}: {Efficiency} and {Equity} {Implications} of {Alternative} {Instruments} to {Reduce} {Carbon} {Leakage}},
issn = {0140-9883},
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url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988312002253?v=s5},
doi = {10.1016/j.eneco.2012.09.011},
abstract = {Global cost-effectiveness of unilateral emission abatement can be seriously hampered by carbon leakage. We assess three widely discussed proposals for leakage reduction: carbon-motivated border tax adjustments, industry exemptions from carbon regulation, and output-based allocation of emission allowances. We find that none of these measures amounts to a “magic bullet” when both efficiency and equity criteria matter. Compared to unilateral emission pricing alone, border carbon adjustments are most effective in leakage reduction and promotion of global cost-effectiveness but can markedly exacerbate regional inequality; exemptions and output-based allocation tend to avoid distributional pitfalls but are less effective in leakage reduction and global cost savings; exemptions may even decreae global cost-effectiveness of unilateral emission abatement.},
number = {0},
urldate = {2012-10-05},
journal = {Energy Economics},
author = {Böhringer, Christoph and Carbone, Jared C. and Rutherford, Thomas F.},
keywords = {Border Carbon Adjustments, Efficiency-Equity Trade-Offs, Exemptions, Leakage, Output-Based Allocation, Unilateral Climate Policy}
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