The Case for a Carbon Tax Getting Past Our Hang-Ups to Effective Climate Policy /

• Main Author: Hsu, Shi-Ling (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Air pollution.; Economics.; Management science.; Climate Change.; Economics, general.; Political Science.; Environmental Management.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevent the most disastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of clima...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Climate Change Policy Alternatives. Carbon Taxes. Command-and-Control Regulation. Cap-and-Trade. Government Subsidies
• 3. Ten Arguments for a Carbon Tax. One: Economic Efficiency. Two: Excessive Formation of Capital. Three: Non-Interference with Other Regulatory Instruments or Jurisdictions. Four: Government Is Better at Reducing “Bads” Than Increasing “Goods”. Five: Incentives for Innovation—Price Effects. Six: Incentives for Innovation—Price Breadth. Seven: Administrability. Eight: International Coordination. Nine: Revenue Raising. Ten: Economic Efficiency Revisited: Prices versus Quantities under Uncertainty. Conclusion
• 4. Arguments against a Carbon Tax. Political Economy Considerations. Regressiveness. Ineffectiveness. Crowding Out. Conclusion
• 5. Carbon Tax Psychology. The “Do No Harm” Effect. The Identifiability Effect. The Endowment Effect. Conclusion
• 6. Changing Political Fortunes?
• 7. Conclusion
• Endnotes
• Index.