Induced Technical Change and the Cost of Climate Policy

http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/MITJPSPGC_Rpt102.pdf

This paper provides an economic analysis of a specific climate change policy: a carbon tax. The analysis attempts to gauge the potential for a carbon tax to create an incentive for research and development, and subsequently lower the cost of technologies responding to climate change.

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Description	This paper provides an economic analysis of a specific climate change policy: a carbon tax. The analysis attempts to gauge the potential for a carbon tax to create an incentive for research and development, and subsequently lower the cost of technologies responding to climate change.
Classification	MIT/ LFEE Research Climate and Meteorology -- Research
Date Issued	2003-08-09
Subject	Climatic changes--Research
Source	Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Selector	Conlin
Date Of Record Creation	2004-04-08 13:21:21
Date Last Modified	2008-08-27 16:10:01
Creator	Sue Wing, Ian
Language	EN

Date Record Checked: 2004-04-08 00:00:00 (W3C-DTF)

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