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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax across US States | |
Roberton C. Williams III; Hal Gordon; Dallas Burtraw; Jared Carbone; Richard D. Morgenstern | |
发表日期 | 2014-10-07 |
出版年 | 2014 |
页码 | DP 14-25 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Carbon taxes introduce potentially uneven cost burdens across the population. The distribution of these costs is especially important in affecting political outcomes. This paper links dynamic overlapping-generations and microsimulation models of the United States to estimate the initial incidence of a carbon tax across states. Geographic differences in incidence are driven primarily by differences in sources of income. Differing patterns of energy use also matter but are relatively less important. The use of the carbon tax revenue plays an important role, particularly in determining how different income sources are affected, as: (1) using carbon tax revenue to cut capital taxes disproportionately benefits states with large shares of capital income; (2) returning the revenue via lump-sum transfers favors relatively low-income states; and (3) returning the revenue via cuts in labor taxes provides a relatively even distribution of cost across states. In general, geographic differences in incidence are substantially smaller than the differences across income groups. |
主题 | Climate Change |
子主题 | Carbon Tax |
URL | http://www.rff.org/research/publications/initial-incidence-carbon-tax-across-us-states |
来源智库 | Resources for the Future (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/41329 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Roberton C. Williams III,Hal Gordon,Dallas Burtraw,et al. The Initial Incidence of a Carbon Tax across US States. 2014. |
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