Optimal Discounting of Forest Offsets in the Carbon Market

Kevin R. Kaushal and Knut Einar Rosendahl

Land Economics, 2021, vol. 97, issue 2, 436-454

Abstract: Unilateral actions to reduce CO2 emissions can be costly and may lead to carbon leakage through relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries (EITE). This article examines the welfare effects of introducing an emission offset mechanism for the EITE sector, where EITE producers may have to acquire more than one offset credit to balance one emission allowance. The analytical results suggest that it is globally welfare improving for a region to introduce such an offset mechanism, with an optimal conversion rate below 1. Moreover, numerical simulations in the context of the European Union emission trading system and the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) credits support the analytical findings.

JEL-codes: D61 H23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.97.2.436
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