THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION EFFECT AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AN ENERGY TAX VS. A CARBON TAX IN CHINA: A DYNAMIC CGE MODEL ANALYSIS

Autor: Le-Le Zou, Bo Meng, Alan K. Fox, Jinjun Xue
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Singapore Economic Review. 63:339-387
ISSN: 1793-6837
0217-5908
DOI: 10.1142/s021759081740015x
Popis: Carbon tax and energy tax are among the hot discussions in China. This study conducts simulation studies on them with a CGE model and analyzes their economic impacts, especially on the energy-intensive sectors. The Chinese economy is affected at an acceptable level by the two taxes in different scenarios. The import and export of energy-intensive industries are changed, leading to improved domestic competitiveness. Compared with implementing a single tax, a combined carbon-energy tax reduces more emissions with relatively smaller economic costs. For China, the sooner such taxes are launched, the smaller the economic costs and the more significant emission reductions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE