Carbon Tax

Enel SpA's new hydrogen-fuelled combined cycle power plant is pictured inside the Andrea Palladio Fusina plant in Venice (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo).

Opinion

CO2 Emission Permit Prices Plunge In Europe: What's Up?

May 17, 2013, Adele Morris

Adele Morris writes that although many in the press have referred the European cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases as being in trouble due to the decline in allowance spot prices, the markets are clearing just fine. Morris says whether this represents trouble or not depends on what one thinks the goal of the program should be.

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Opinion | East Asia Forum

China’s Carbon Tax Proposal Highlights the Need for a New Track of Climate Talks

March 15, 2013, Adele Morris, Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen
Opinion | Real Clear Markets

The Tax Favored By Most Economists

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale
Paper

Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution

March 12, 2013, William G. Gale, Samuel Brown and Fernando Saltiel
Policy Proposal | The Hamilton Project

The Many Benefits of a Carbon Tax

February 26, 2013, Adele Morris
In the News

On the environmental objective, certainly we are concerned about greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. But we argue that the best way to address that would be to put a price on carbon, for example through a carbon tax, rather than try to subsidize alternatives. [That]'s much less efficient. The way the [current] rules work, electric vehicle manufacturers can sell credits to other automakers toward their fuel economy standards, so that means that other automakers can sell more polluting cars for every electric car that's sold.
February 23, 2013, Adele Morris, National Public Radio
Blog Post

15 Ideas for Smart Deficit Reduction

February 20, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project | comments
Paper

A Climate Diplomacy Proposal: Carbon Pricing Consultations

February 8, 2013, Adele Morris, Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen
Blog Post

Want a Pro-Growth Pro-Environment Plan? Economists Agree: Tax Carbon.

February 7, 2013, Adele Morris | comments
Paper

Distributional Effects of a Carbon Tax in the Context of Broader Fiscal Reform

December 14, 2012, Aparna Mathur and Adele Morris
Blog Post

The Political Viability of Carbon Taxation

December 5, 2012, Barry Rabe | comments