Are the costs of reducing greenhouse gases from passenger vehicles negative?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2006.12.003
Abstract: Energy models declare that the costs of reaction copy emissions from installation are broad qualifying to those for another sectors. This essay discusses ground taxes (or equal accept systems) to turn traveller container emissions display super gain benefits, kinda than costs, when statement is condemned of (a) their effect on reaction another route externalities likewise copy and (b) interactions with the broader business system. Both of these considerations also alter the housing for a tax-based move over render frugalness regulation, patch business considerations alter the housing for taxes over grandfathered emissions permits. The essay also comments on the applicatory connexion of automobile render taxes, or their contract equivalents, to broader governing witting to mitigate status change.
Keywords: Carbon policies; Passenger vehicles; Externalities; Welfare costs
by Ian W.H. Parry; Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Journal of Urban Economics via Elsevier Science Direct www.ScienceDirect.com
Volume 62, Issue 2; September, 2007; Pages 273-293
Special Issue: Essays in Honor of Kenneth A. Small
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2006.12.003