Mitigating Carbon Emission through Economic Instruments: An Indian Perspective

Samantak Das, Sanjib Pohit () and Dripto Mukhopadhyay ()

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Abstract: The paper has two objectives. One, to analyse the pattern of energy usage in India and the implications thereof for carbon emission; two, to examine whether pricing and taxation policies have any role to play in mitigating carbon emissions. It is shown that the pattern of energy usage exhibits a shift towards non-coal based energy products. It also suggests that the reduction in carbon emissions is not sufficient to warrant the use of carbon taxation for mitigating emissions. [NCAER WP 96].

Keywords: carbon emission; Indian; pricing; taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12
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