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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome. |
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text file |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
POLICY OPTION ISSUES FOR CO2 EMISSIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; CLIMATE CHANGE, CO2 EMISSIONS & PASSENGER VEHICLES ; SUMMARY ; GASOLINE PRICES, DRIVING BEHAVIOR, AND CHOICE OF VEHICLE ; Driving Behavior ; Choices of New and Used Vehicles ; IMPLICATIONS OF HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES FOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS ; BOX 1. CAFE STANDARDS AND VEHICLES' ; End Notes ; ISSUES IN DESIGNING A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ; HOW A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM WOULD WORK ; THE POTENTIAL VALUE AND BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ALLOWANCES. |
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THE DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM Market Forces Would Determine Who Bore the Costs of a Cap ; Policymakers Would Determine Who Received the Value of the Allowances ; REDUCING THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A CO2 CAP ; Using the Allowance Value to Reduce the Total Economic Cost ; ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY IN THE TIMING OF EMISSION REDUCTIONS TO LOWER COSTS ; Design Features Providing Flexibility in the Timing of Emission Reductions ; A Price Ceiling and a Price Floor ; Borrowing and Banking Allowances ; Aggregate Borrowing by Regulators. |
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Design Features Addressing Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Industries Border Adjustments ; Transitional Assistance ; Compatibility with WTO Agreements ; End Notes ; POLICY OPTIONS FOR REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS ; SUMMARY ; Policy Options for Reducing Emissions ; RESULTS OF CBO'S ANALYSIS ; Comparison of Policies' Efficiency ; A Tax Versus an Inflexible Cap ; Flexible Cap Approaches ; Keeping Costs From Climbing Too High ; Keeping Costs From Falling Too Low ; Comparison of Policies' Implementation ; Comparison of Policies' International Consistency. |
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1. EFFICIENCY IMPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT POLICY DESIGNS A Carbon Dioxide Tax versus an Inflexible Carbon Dioxide Cap ; An Illustrative Example of How a Tax Would Be More Efficient Than a Cap ; Empirical Estimates of the Efficiency Advantage of a Tax ; The Impact of Price Volatility ; Conditions under Which a Cap Could Be More Efficient Than a Tax ; Other Efficiency Implications of a Tax or a Cap ; 2. IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIFFERENT POLICY DESIGNS ; A Carbon Dioxide Tax versus an Inflexible Carbon Dioxide Cap ; Flexible Cap Designs. |
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3. INTERNATIONAL CONSISTENCY CONSIDERATIONS A Carbon Dioxide Tax versus an Inflexible Carbon Dioxide Cap ; Harmonizing a U.S. Tax on CO with Policies in Other Countries ; Linking a U.S. Cap-and-Trade Program with Outside Cap-and-Trade Programs ; Flexible Cap Designs ; APPENDIX A. CURRENT AND PROPOSED CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE ; U.S. Programs for Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide ; U.S. and European Programs for Greenhouse Gase ; End Notes ; ROLE OF PRICES AND R & D IN REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ; 1. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Government policy -- United States.
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Carbon dioxide mitigation. |
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Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects. |
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Government policy -- United States.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Government policy. |
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Greenhouse gas mitigation. |
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Carbon taxes -- United States.
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Carbon taxes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Vogler, Nikolaus, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Policy option issues for CO2 emissions New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010. 9781607413813 (DLC) 2009041009 |
| ISBN |
9781614705956 (ebook) |
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161470595X |
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1607413817 |
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9781607413813 |
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