This paper aims at clarifying some conceptual flaws blurring the equity-efficiency debates involved in the setting of objectives of GHGs emissions control beyond 2012. To this end, it carries out numerical experiments that test the viability of agreements grounded on two contrasting target...

[fre] Les travaux sur les impacts macro-économiques d'écotaxes ont confirmé l'existence d'une forme « faible » de double dividende si leur produit est utilisé pour réduire les taxes préexistantes les plus distorsives ; mais elles ont mis en évidence des conditions restrictives quant à...

[eng] This paper aims at clearing up misunderstandings about the social impacts of carbon taxes, which proved to be a decisive obstacle to their further consideration in public debates. It highlights the gap between the cost of a carbon tax reform as it is spontaneously perceived by the...

This research investigates if the stringent 2020 and 2050 overarching CO2 mitigation objectives set out by the European Union dominate its 2010 to 2020 targets specific to the transportation arena, specifically its biofuel penetration objectives and gram CO2per kilometre emission caps. Using a...

[eng] An international conference is due to take place in November 1998 in Buenos Aires, with the purpose of setting the regulations ruling the installation and functionning of a global Tradeable Emission Permit system. This paper tries to present a complete view of the possible rules and their...

[fre] Le propos de cet article est de vérifier dans quelle mesure l'existence d'un marché international de permis d'émission de gaz à effet de serre (GES) influe-t'elle sur les possibilités nationales de double dividende (environnemental et économique) par transfert de charge fiscale de...