The Equivalence of Emission Tax with Tax-Revenue Refund and Emission Intensity Regulation

Hiroaki Ino and Toshihiro Matsumura

No 188, Discussion Paper Series from School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University

Abstract: This study shows the equivalence of the emission intensity regulation with tradable emission permits and the combination of emission tax and refunding of the tax revenue to consumers. If firms are symmetric, the equivalence result holds even without tradable permits.

Keywords: carbon pricing; electrification; the second best (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L51 Q48 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2019-03
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