Robert Stavins on the carbon-pricing regime, The New York Times, 1 June 2014: dodgy arguments

Michel Damian ()
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Michel Damian: équipe EDDEN - PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This commentary discusses the opinion piece published on 1 June 2014 by Professor Robert Stavins in The New York Times. Professor Robert Stavins argues that "The Only Feasible Way of Cutting Emissions" is to set up a market for tradable permits. We review and criticize his mains arguments. Our purpose here is not to deny the possibility of carbon trading, but to call for a realistic assessment of the deployment of cap-and-trade systems and their limitations.

Keywords: SO 2 emissions; California AB32; Climate Change JEL classification: H23; Cap-and-trade; Command and control; Lead in gasoline (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 2014, LVI (1), pp.53-61

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