Supply‐ versus Demand‐Side Policies in the Presence of Carbon Leakage and the Green Paradox

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2019
Volume: 121
Issue: 1
Pages: 379-406

Authors (2)

Cathrine Hagem (Government of Norway) Halvor Briseid Storrøsten (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We consider a climate coalition that seeks to reduce global emissions in the presence of carbon leakage and resource exhaustibility. We show that a credible announcement of future unilateral supply‐side policies delays foreign emissions, and we derive the optimal combination of consumer taxes and producer taxes when we consider leakages from free riders, both within periods and across periods. The tax shares generally differ over time. A decline in the present value of the social cost of carbon over time supports a time path where the consumers’ tax share of the total carbon tax also declines over time. We illustrate our findings with a numerical model.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:121:y:2019:i:1:p:379-406
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25