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We introduce a "smart" cap and trade system that eliminates the welfare costs of asymmetric information (“uncertainty”). This cap responds endogenously to technology or macroeconomic shocks, relying on the market price of certificates to aggregate information. It allows policy makers to...
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) and the South (China) in the presence of a global pollution externality. Each country's share of global pollution depends … on its share of world capital. We show that, if the disutility of pollution in the United States is high, there will be … pressure on the US to raise environmental regulations on industry. Capital will move to China. Because the increased pollution …
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(United States) and the South (China) in the presence of a global pollution externality. Each country's share of global … pollution depends on its share of world capital. The authors show that, if the disutility of pollution in the United States is … the increased pollution in China has global effects, the US may not benefit from the environmental restrictions and a …
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state variables—temperature and carbon stocks. We first provide an analytical comparison of a model where damages are based …
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This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions in the computation of the Social Cost of Carbon. Our approach nests a standard efficiency based Social Cost of Carbon estimate and an equity weighted Social Cost of Carbon...
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This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions in the computation of the Social Cost of Carbon. Our approach nests a standard efficiency based Social Cost of Carbon estimate and an equity weighted Social Cost of Carbon...
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