Does Carbon Tax Makes Sense? Assessing Global Scenario and Addressing Indian Perspective

Mohana Mondal, Zareena Irfan () and Sunder Ramaswamy ()

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Abstract: This paper presents a plan that provides an achievable path toward a global policy on Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. At the heart of it is a small carbon tax (actually a GHG tax). The proceeds of that tax are to be used strategically to provide stable, long term support of a broad based research and development effort focused on energy sources, energy use, and emission mitigation. Hence, the aim of framing a concept note is to compare the carbon taxation system across nations. The scenario prevailing in different countries is examined and addressed for the Indian structure. Carbon taxes with regard to their competitiveness, distributional and environmental impacts. The evidence shows that carbon taxes may be an interesting policy option and that their main negative impacts may be compensated through the design of the tax and the use of the generated fiscal revenues.

Keywords: Pollution; Pollution Control; Carbon tax; India; Environmental Impact; GHG tax; Air Pollution; Ecotax; Environmental Regulation; competitiveness; distributional; environmental; fiscal revenues; Indian perspectives; fuel; GHG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-05
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