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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.076 |
The distributional impacts of US energy policy | |
Metcalf, Gilbert E. | |
2019-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY
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ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 129页码:926-929 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | This paper surveys energy policy in the United States from a distributional perspective. Focusing on the distributional impacts of energy taxes is too narrow a framework. The United States relies much more heavily on regulation than taxation to address energy-related market failures. It argues that most regulatory policies and tax subsidies to achieve energy policy goals are regressive. This includes fuel economy standards, EV purchase incentives, and energy efficiency tax incentives. In contrast, a carbon tax is likely to be progressive, even when ignoring the use of revenue. The view that carbon taxes are regressive stems from an incomplete distributional analysis that assumes all impacts arise from increases in the costs of consumer goods and services. Recent analyses have emphasized the importance of impacts on sources of income. In particular, a carbon tax is likely to reduce returns to capital more than wages. With capital disproportionately held by higher income households, this differential factor income effect is progressive. In addition, transfer income, more important for lower income households, tends to be indexed and so contributes to a carbon tax's progressivity. How carbon tax revenue is used can add even greater progressivity to a carbon tax reform. |
英文关键词 | Energy policy Regulation Taxation Climate policy Distribution |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000468012900084 |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/183705 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Tufts Univ, Dept Econ, Medford, MA 02155 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Metcalf, Gilbert E.. The distributional impacts of US energy policy[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2019,129:926-929. |
APA | Metcalf, Gilbert E..(2019).The distributional impacts of US energy policy.ENERGY POLICY,129,926-929. |
MLA | Metcalf, Gilbert E.."The distributional impacts of US energy policy".ENERGY POLICY 129(2019):926-929. |
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