期刊
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
卷 100, 期 -, 页码 40-50出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.012
关键词
Carbon tax; CGE modelling; Double dividend; Regional economics
资金
- ClimateXChange
- Scottish Government
- ESRC's Future of Scotland pre and post referendum Initiative (ESRC) [ES/L003325/1]
- ESRC [ES/L003325/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/L003325/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Using a disaggregated energy-economy-environmental model, we investigate the economic and environmental impact of a Scottish specific carbon tax under three alternative assumptions about the use of the revenue raised by the tax: revenues raised are not recycled within Scotland; revenues are used to increase general government expenditure or to reduce Scottish income tax. We find that by imposing a tax 50 pound per tonne of CO2 the 37% CO2 reduction target is met with a very rapid adjustment in all three cases if the model incorporates forward-looking behaviour. However, the adjustment is much slower if agents are myopic. In addition, the results of the model suggest that a carbon tax might simultaneously stimulate economic activity whilst reducing emissions and thus secure a double dividend, but only for the case in which the revenue is recycled through income tax. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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