Taxation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

Baranzini, Andrea; Carattini, Stefano

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_90

Cited by 47 publications

(19 citation statements)

References 61 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…At the global level, the day of a binding agreement including all principal emitters and targeting a sharp reduction in worldwide greenhouse gas emissions is still to come, although recent Conferences of the Parties have suggested a potential deadline for binding abatement targets in 2020. For instance, a few countries have already adopted carbon taxes to stimulate a shift towards a greener economy (Baranzini and Carattini, 2014). Hardin, 1968;Olson, 1965).…”

Section: Limate Change Is One Of the Principal Challenges Facing Humentioning

confidence: 99%

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

2013

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ResumLes normes socials han estat incloses en la teoria de l'acció col·lectiva per a superar les dificultats per explicar perquè la gestió del béns comuns podria ser més efectiva quan s'autoregula per les mateixes comunitats. El paper rellevant de la confiança en els altres s'ha identificat en diversos contextos d'acció social a nivell local, però només recentment s'ha considerat la idea que també podria ser rellevant en el cas de béns comuns de caire global, seguint l'evidència bàsicament descriptiva recollida per Elinor Ostrom. Però fins ara no hi havia proves quantitatives disponibles d'aquesta idea. Utilitzant un conjunt de dades de 29 països europeus durant el període 1990-2007, donem evidència empírica a favor del paper del nivell de confiança en els altres en el context dels béns públics globals. Concloem que el nivell de confiança en els altres té un impacte reductor de les emissions de gasos d'efecte hivernacle; per exemple, l'extrapolació dels resultats implicaria una reducció d'emissions d'Espanya del 12,5% si el nivell mitjà de confiança en els altres dels espanyols fos tan elevat com els dels suecs. AbstractSocial norms have been included in the theory of collective action to overcome difficulties in explaining why commons may perform better when self-regulated. The role of trust has been identified in several contexts of local social dilemma, but only recently has been extended to global commons, based on large descriptive evidence collected by Elinor Ostrom. However, no quantitative evidence was available until now. Using a dataset of 29 European countries over the period 1990-2007, we provide empirical evidence in favor of the role of trust in global dilemma. We end up with a negative impact of trust on greenhouse gas emissions, whose extrapolation to Spain would imply a reduction in emissions of 12.5% if Spaniards would trust each other as Swedish people do.

show abstract

Section: Limate Change Is One Of the Principal Challenges Facing Humentioning

confidence: 99%

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

2013

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…79 Even where carbon-pricing schemes were implemented, energy-intensive industries have in many countries through lobbying managed to receive a very favorable treatment, resulting in less effective policies. 77,80,81 Energy-intensive industries are, however, no longer the only actors active in lobbying: we now observe a situation in which 'green organizations' oppose 'brown industries.' 82 For instance, evidence from British Columbia's carbon tax stresses the importance of environmental organizations in successfully spreading support for it.…”

Section: Pe Issue 2: Carbon Pricing and Lobbyingmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…There is evidence that lobbying by energy-intensive industries contributed to prevent the implementation of carbon pricing in several countries, [75][76][77][78] and may have influenced voters' perceptions about its potential drawbacks. 79 Even where carbon-pricing schemes were implemented, energy-intensive industries have in many countries through lobbying managed to receive a very favorable treatment, resulting in less effective policies.…”

Section: Pe Issue 2: Carbon Pricing and Lobbyingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon pricing in climate policy: seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations

Baranzini

Bergh

Carattini

et al. 2017

WIREs Climate Change

Self Cite

288

124

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Carbon pricing is a recurrent theme in debates on climate policy. Discarded at the 2009 COP in Copenhagen, it remained part of deliberations for a climate agreement in subsequent years. As there is still much misunderstanding about the many reasons to implement a global carbon price, ideological resistance against it prospers. Here, we present the main arguments for carbon pricing, to stimulate a fair and well‐informed discussion about it. These include considerations that have received little attention so far. We stress that a main reason to use carbon pricing is environmental effectiveness at a relatively low cost, which in turn contributes to enhance social and political acceptability of climate policy. This includes the property that corrected prices stimulate rapid environmental innovations. These arguments are underappreciated in the public debate, where pricing is frequently downplayed and the erroneous view that innovation policies are sufficient is widespread. Carbon pricing and technology policies are, though, largely complementary and thus are both needed for effective climate policy. We also comment on the complementarity of other instruments to carbon pricing. We further discuss distributional consequences of carbon pricing and present suggestions on how to address these. Other political economy issues that receive attention are lobbying, co‐benefits, international policy coordination, motivational crowding in/out, and long‐term commitment. The overview ends with reflections on implementing a global carbon price, whether through a carbon tax or emissions trading. The discussion goes beyond traditional arguments from environmental economics by including relevant insights from energy research and innovation studies as well. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e462. doi: 10.1002/wcc.462 This article is categorized under: Climate Economics > Economics of Mitigation

show abstract

“…In reality, though, the feasibility of the first-best solution is severely undermined by many real-world complications, such as the conflicting interests of different countries and organizations. Indeed, many countries do not price carbon as of today [8,9]. In face of the predicament of the first-best solution in coping with climate change, we need to take a polycentric approach with many voluntary actions [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

Wang

2017

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While the debate on global and national carbon emission targets has dominated every major climate change conference, setting firm-level climate change mitigation targets has become an increasingly important issue. In this paper we present illustrative evidence on cross-country and cross-industry differences of the firm-level mitigation targets among some of the largest corporations in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) with regard to five aspects, i.e., target adoption, target metric, target scope, target stringency, and target completion. We find that overall 25% of the firms have not set up emission targets. The EU firms are significantly more likely to use intensity targets than the US firms. The EU firms are twice as likely as the US firms to incorporate indirect emissions from the supply chain into the scope of their targets. The Energy and Materials sectors in the EU set significantly more stringent targets than their US counterparts. The energy sectors of the EU and the US in general have not made satisfactory progress toward accomplishment of the targets. Based on these findings, we discuss the most pressing issues that should be addressed by policymakers and firm managers in different regions and sectors with regard to target-setting.

show abstract

Taxation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

Cited by 47 publications

References 61 publications

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

Carbon pricing in climate policy: seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations

A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About