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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w19636 |
来源ID | Working Paper 19636 |
Unintended Consequences of Transportation Carbon Policies: Land-Use, Emissions, and Innovation | |
Stephen P. Holland; Jonathan E. Hughes; Christopher R. Knittel; Nathan C. Parker | |
发表日期 | 2013-11-14 |
出版年 | 2013 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Renewable fuel standards, low carbon fuel standards, and ethanol subsidies are popular policies to incentivize ethanol production and reduce emissions from transportation. Compared to carbon trading, these policies lead to large shifts in agricultural activity and unexpected social costs. We simulate the 2022 Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and find that energy crop production increases by 39 million acres. Land- use costs from erosion and habitat loss are between $277 and $693 million. A low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) and ethanol subsidies have similar effects while costs under an equivalent cap and trade (CAT) system are essentially zero. In addition, the alternatives to CAT magnify errors in assigning emissions rates to fuels and can over or under-incentivize innovation. These results highlight the potential negative efficiency effects of the RFS, LCFS and subsidies, effects that would be less severe under a CAT policy. |
主题 | Public Economics ; Public Goods ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Renewable Resources ; Energy ; Environment |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w19636 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577311 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Stephen P. Holland,Jonathan E. Hughes,Christopher R. Knittel,et al. Unintended Consequences of Transportation Carbon Policies: Land-Use, Emissions, and Innovation. 2013. |
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