Carbon taxation: A review of the empirical literature

A Köppl, M Schratzenstaller - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In view of the challenges posed by climate change and the increasingly ambitious climate
targets around the world, the search for effective climate policy instruments is gaining …

The effect of carbon pricing on technological change for full energy decarbonization: A review of empirical ex‐post evidence

J Lilliestam, A Patt, G Bersalli - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In order to achieve the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, the world must reach net‐
zero carbon emissions around mid‐century, which calls for an entirely new energy system …

Carbon taxes and greenhouse gas emissions trading systems: what have we learned?

E Haites - Climate policy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Systematic evidence relating to the performance of carbon pricing–carbon taxes and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading systems (ETSs)–is sparse. In 2015, 17 ETSs were …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of ex-post evaluations on the effectiveness of carbon pricing

N Döbbeling-Hildebrandt, K Miersch… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Today, more than 70 carbon pricing schemes have been implemented around the globe, but
their contributions to emissions reductions remains a subject of heated debate in science …

[HTML][HTML] Does a Carbon Tax Reduce CO2 Emissions? Evidence from British Columbia

F Pretis - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2022 - Springer
Using difference-in-differences, synthetic control, and introducing a new break-detection
approach, I show that the introduction of North America's first major carbon tax has reduced …

Carbon pricing and the elasticity of CO2 emissions

R Rafaty, G Dolphin, F Pretis - 2020 - JSTOR
We study the impact of carbon pricing on CO2emissions across five sectors for a panel of 39
countries over 1990-2016. Using newly constructed sector-level carbon price data, we …

Rethinking the equity and efficiency of carbon tax: A novel perspective

Z Jia, B Lin, X Liu - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous research has generally concluded that carbon tax is regressive, despite its efficacy
in reducing emissions. This paper takes a deeper dive to explore the validity of this assertion …

The impact of British Columbia's carbon tax on residential natural gas consumption

D Xiang, C Lawley - Energy Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
We estimate the effect of British Columbia's (BC) carbon tax on per capita residential natural
gas consumption using panel data regression and synthetic control models. We use …

How would the carbon tax on energy commodities affect consumer welfare? Evidence from China's household energy consumption system

J Liu, N Gong, J Qin - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Although carbon tax policies can effectively restrain energy consumption and reduce
pollution, they will also affect the welfare of residents through a price mechanism. We …

[HTML][HTML] On the quality of emission reductions: observed effects of carbon pricing on investments, innovation, and operational shifts. A response to van den Bergh and …

J Lilliestam, A Patt, G Bersalli - Environmental and resource economics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract To meet the Paris Agreement targets, carbon emissions from the energy system
must be eliminated by mid-century, implying vast investment and systemic change …