Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | National CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerland |
Authors: | Felder, Stefan Schleiniger, Reto |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X |
Published in: | Energy Economics |
Volume(Issue): | 24 |
Issue: | 5 |
Page(s): | 509 |
Pages to: | 522 |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0140-9883 1873-6181 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Externality; Policy; CO2 |
Subject (DDC): | 320: Politics 333.7: Land, natural recreational areas |
Abstract: | Switzerland, following the Kyoto agreement, plans to reduce CO2 emissions by 10% over the next decade with a tax on the use of fossil fuels. This policy, while having a marginal effect on global CO2 emission levels, will have a positive effect on local environmental quality. However, since different sources of energy produce different local external effects, a uniform CO2 tax is ill targeted. This paper shows that a policy setting tax rates equal to the lower bounds of the estimated local marginal external effects would reduce the national CO2 level by 30%. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Swiss economy, it also finds substantial efficiency gains of Pigovian taxes as compared to a uniform CO2 tax. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13133 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Management and Law |
Organisational Unit: | Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Felder, S., & Schleiniger, R. (2002). National CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerland. Energy Economics, 24(5), 509–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X
Felder, S. and Schleiniger, R. (2002) ‘National CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerland’, Energy Economics, 24(5), pp. 509–522. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X.
S. Felder and R. Schleiniger, “National CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerland,” Energy Economics, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 509–522, 2002, doi: 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X.
FELDER, Stefan und Reto SCHLEINIGER, 2002. National CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerland. Energy Economics. 2002. Bd. 24, Nr. 5, S. 509–522. DOI 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X
Felder, Stefan, and Reto Schleiniger. 2002. “National CO2 Policy and Externalities : Some General Equilibrium Results for Switzerland.” Energy Economics 24 (5): 509–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X.
Felder, Stefan, and Reto Schleiniger. “National CO2 Policy and Externalities : Some General Equilibrium Results for Switzerland.” Energy Economics, vol. 24, no. 5, 2002, pp. 509–22, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-X.
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