COMMENTARY: Carbon tax needs thresholds to reach its full potential

Jack Pezzey; Frank Jotzo

doi:10.1038/nclimate2054

COMMENTARY: Carbon tax needs thresholds to reach its full potential

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The political opportunities for implementing a carbon tax high enough to induce large emission cuts will be better if at first the tax is charged on the difference between emissions and fixed thresholds, rather than on all emissions as is now practised.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1008-1011
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	3
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2054
Publication status	Published - 2013

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