Does the social Cost of Carbon Matter?: An Assessment of U.S. Policy

Robert Hahn and Robert Ritz

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Abstract: we evaluate a recent u.s. initiative to include the social cost of carbon (sCc) in regulatory decisions. To our knowledge, this paper provides the first systematic test of the extent to which applying the SCC has affected national policy. we examine all economically significant federal regulations since 2008, and obtain a surprising result: Putting a value on changes in carbon dioxide emissions does not generally affect the ranking of the preferred policy compared with the status quo. overall, we find little evidence that use of the SCC has affected u.s. policy choices to date. we offer an explanation related to the political economy of regulation.

Keywords: Cost-Benefit Analysis; Social Cost of Carbon; Climate Policy; Regulatory Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H43 K32 Q51 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11-27
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