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dc.contributor.authorFelder, Stefan-
dc.contributor.authorSchleiniger, Reto-
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-22T14:37:33Z-
dc.date.available2018-11-22T14:37:33Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.issn0140-9883de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1873-6181de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/13133-
dc.description.abstractSwitzerland, 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.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherElsevierde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofEnergy Economicsde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectExternalityde_CH
dc.subjectPolicyde_CH
dc.subjectCO2de_CH
dc.subject.ddc320: Politikde_CH
dc.subject.ddc333.7: Landflächen, Naturerholungsgebietede_CH
dc.titleNational CO2 policy and externalities : some general equilibrium results for Switzerlandde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitZentrum für Energie und Umwelt (CEE)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00004-Xde_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue5de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawNode_CH
zhaw.pages.end522de_CH
zhaw.pages.start509de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume24de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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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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